kilo
noun
ki·lo
| \ ˈkē-(ˌ)lō
also ˈki-
\
also ˈki-
\
plural kilos
Definition of kilo
(Entry 1 of 3)
: 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 When he finally strips off the kilos of gold enveloping his body, Deion is as light as a feather.— Curry Kirkpatrick Gathering 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
Kilo
communications code wordDefinition of Kilo (Entry 2 of 3)
—used as a code word for the letter k
kilo-
combining formDefinition of kilo- (Entry 3 of 3)
: thousand
kiloton
Examples of kilo in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The court filing included an image of a kilo of cocaine monogramed with the initials TH, which prosecutors say stood for Tony Hernández. — Washington Post, "US prosecutors accuse Honduran president of drug conspiracy," 4 Aug. 2019 Good-quality mammoth ivory can fetch from $500 to $1,000 a kilo (2.2 pounds), people familiar with the trade said. — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, "A Mammoth Problem Emerges in Siberia," 10 July 2019 One kilo of a particular substance, Slaughter posits, would be enough to wipe out the entire human race. — Richard Lipez, Washington Post, "White supremacists are the eerily relevant villains in Karin Slaughter’s new novel," 14 Aug. 2019 One kilo of plastic sells for around one Israeli shekel, or 30 cents. — Heidi Levine, National Geographic, "Plastics in the Gaza Strip are both a curse and a blessing," 7 Aug. 2019 During a subsequent search of the car, officers located more than two kilos of heroin, and more than a pound of fentanyl pills. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, "North County crime blotter," 21 July 2019 Relieved of a kilo, my feet began to accelerate happily down the path towards Brothers Water, a long downhill trail, peppered with large unstable stones that require nimble legs to sail over without injury. — The Economist, "For women, running is still an act of defiance," 28 June 2019 Between 1985 and 1992, Glenn Metz and his crew came to dominate St. Thomas and Calliope, prosecutors said, distributing more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine and killing 23 rivals. — Casey Parks, USA Today, "'You don't know what you did for me': Released from prison by Obama, now on the dean's list," 8 July 2019 These are the real deal, straight from the ground, fresh tubers only found in parts of southeastern France and northwestern Italy—some species of which can sell for thousands of euros per kilo. — Rachel King, Fortune, "9 Nonfiction Page-Turners to Bring to the Beach This Summer," 22 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kilo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for kilo
kilo-
combining formEnglish Language Learners Definition of kilo-
: thousand
See the full definition for kilo- in the English Language Learners Dictionary
kilo
noun
ki·lo
| \ ˈkē-lō
\
\
plural kilos
Kids Definition of kilo
: kilogram
kilo-
prefixKids Definition of kilo-
: thousand
kilometer