Associations to the word «Kilo»

Wiktionary

KILO, noun. Short for kilogram.
KILO, noun. The letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
KILO, symbol. The letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Dictionary definition

KILO, noun. One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats