kilos

Thousand-gram units

Kilos is the plural of kilo, an informal shortening of kilogram—a metric unit of mass equal to about 2.2 pounds.

In news and crime contexts, kilos usually means kilograms of drugs: Police seized fifty kilos of cocaine.

Kilo can also shorten kilometer, though this use is less common in American English.

drugs

cocaine

Addictive stimulant narcotic

smuggling · dealer · bust · stash · seizure · shipment · street value · wholesale · distribution · mules

measurement

grams

Metric mass units

tonnes · scale · weighing · mass · conversion · metric · SI · units · calibration · precision

bodyweight

lost

Unable to navigate

excess · overweight · obese · lean · goal weight · weigh-in · diet · fluctuation · target · healthy

Categories
Opposites
measurement system

kilospounds

Mass measurement units

ounces · stones · lbs · hundredweight · imperial units

unit scale

kilosmilligrams

Thousandths of grams

micrograms · grams · tonnes · metric tons · megagrams

Phrases
Family

kilometer, kilo, kilogram, kilometers, kilograms, kilowatt, kilowatts, kilohertz, kiloliter

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG