kilo
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- noun
- /ˈkiloʊ/
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kilo
- Our recipe requires one kilo of flour to make the bread.
- half a kilo
- two kilos
- four kilos
And this guy Travis, he got a few kilos of hash on credit.
- And this guy Travis, he got a few kilos of hash on credit.
- How much were they paying a kilo in Holland at the time?
- So females will be a lot smaller, you know, pounds and kilos and I.
- And we have formal definitions that are based on the body mass index, which is the weight in kilos over the height in meters squared.
- You know, maybe they are a few kilos more than they wish they were, you know, whatever it might be.
- Now, how many kilos of liver fat can you accrue before you become metabolically I'll?
- stuff, you know, kilos of fentanyl, kilos of cocaine.
Examples
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In the zoo, we fed our tigers an average of five kilos of meat a day.
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How do you feel about 40 kilos, Miss Hall?
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But yeah, my brother bought a kilo of them, which is a lot.
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Looks like about a half a kilo to go.
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How much were they paying a kilo in Holland at the time?
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And they start with a kilo or two, just that little bit of extra weight for the muscles to have to work against.
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Might actually gain a couple of kilos in this trip, I think probably.
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And a kilo of coca is smaller than a kilo of your precious marijuana.
Fiction book (2001) -
I weigh 85 kilos, which is 190 pounds.
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His uncle John had sent a kilo of venison jerky and a kilo of smoked dried salmon.
Fiction book (1998)
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Etymology
Kilo comes from the Greek word khilioi meaning 'thousand' and is the short form of kilogram. So a kilo is one thousand grams, which is why people say 'a kilo of rice' when they mean one kilogram.