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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Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Vince then flew to Las Vegas and met Roberto to pay him $195,000 to settle his most recent drug debt and arrange a future deal involving multiple kilos of marijuana.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
After a minor illness, his doctor prescribes an iron-rich diet and physical activity to lose a few extra kilos.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
The agents found 104 kilos of cocaine packed in Igloo coolers on the back deck of the boat, along with 12 migrants in the center cubby cabin of the vessel, the complaint states.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Plus, this one reads both kilos and pounds.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Vince then flew to Las Vegas and met Roberto to pay him $195,000 to settle his most recent drug debt and arrange a future deal involving multiple kilos of marijuana.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
After a minor illness, his doctor prescribes an iron-rich diet and physical activity to lose a few extra kilos.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
The agents found 104 kilos of cocaine packed in Igloo coolers on the back deck of the boat, along with 12 migrants in the center cubby cabin of the vessel, the complaint states.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kilo
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“Kilo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilo. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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