plural kilos
: a unit of mass or weight equaling one thousand grams or approximately 2.2 pounds : kilogram
Each sack weighs 50 kilos.
Did you know … that it takes a lobster between five and seven years to grow to a weight of half a kilo, the minimum size it should reach before being fished?—
Food & Drink
Food & DrinkWhen he finally strips off the kilos of gold enveloping his body, Deion is as light as a feather.—Curry Kirkpatrick
Curry KirkpatrickGathering in Versailles, west of Paris, governments are expected on Friday to approve plans to instead use a scientific formulation to define the exact mass of a kilo.—John Leicester
John LeicesterKilo
2 of 3communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter k
: thousand
kiloton
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
One kilo of chicken (2.2 pounds) that was 21 shekels ($5.76) is now 50 shekels ($13.72).
—Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Gold stands at about $89,000 per kilo and the helmet is estimated to weigh slightly less than that.
—Raf Casert and Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Authorities caught them with 2,312 kilos of cocaine on June 27 of that year; and 3,300 kilos on October 7.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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This increase is attributed to a rise in average sales prices and higher kilo volumes sold.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
One kilo of chicken (2.2 pounds) that was 21 shekels ($5.76) is now 50 shekels ($13.72).
—Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Gold stands at about $89,000 per kilo and the helmet is estimated to weigh slightly less than that.
—Raf Casert and Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Authorities caught them with 2,312 kilos of cocaine on June 27 of that year; and 3,300 kilos on October 7.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Kilo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilo. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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