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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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
While not a staple food, caviar has shot up to almost 9,000 rubles per kilo from 6,000 in December 2023, Rosstat found.
—Lena Medvedeva, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Cops got a search warrant and found a treasure trove of drugs, guns and ammo, including a duffel bag containing an AK-47 rifle and six handguns, all loaded, along with hundreds of bullets; plus a safe with nearly 2 kilos of cocaine, $107,000 cash and three handgun magazines.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
To put 13,000 kilos of cocaine in a container, drug lords must have blind faith customs aren't going to open it, said Cruz Morcillo in ABC (Madrid).
—The Week Uk, theweek, 24 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Mexican farmers are facing financial hardship from falling tequila sales as well, with reports indicating that agave prices have dropped to about six to eight pesos per kilo for those farmers with contracts, and as low as two pesos otherwise.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
While not a staple food, caviar has shot up to almost 9,000 rubles per kilo from 6,000 in December 2023, Rosstat found.
—Lena Medvedeva, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Cops got a search warrant and found a treasure trove of drugs, guns and ammo, including a duffel bag containing an AK-47 rifle and six handguns, all loaded, along with hundreds of bullets; plus a safe with nearly 2 kilos of cocaine, $107,000 cash and three handgun magazines.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
To put 13,000 kilos of cocaine in a container, drug lords must have blind faith customs aren't going to open it, said Cruz Morcillo in ABC (Madrid).
—The Week Uk, theweek, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Kilo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilo. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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