| NOUN | quantity | kilogram, kg, kilo | one thousand grams |
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| Sounds | kih'lahgrae.m | |
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| Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... | |
| Meaning | One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. | |
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| Example | "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds" | |
| Synonyms | kg, kilo | |
| Part of | myriagram, myg | One ten thousandth of a centner |
| Parts | hectogram, hg | 100 grams |
| Narrower | key | A kilogram of a narcotic drug |
| Broader | metric weight unit, weight unit | A decimal unit of weight based on the gram |
| Catalan | quilo, quilogram | |
| Spanish | kilo, kilogramo | |