Kilo
/ˈkiːləʊ/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clipping of kilogram. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo."
- 2 one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites wordnet
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of
Example
More examples"A good specimen might weigh up to a kilo."