kilogram
KIL-uh-gram/ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
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- 1A basic unit for measuring mass (how much stuff is in something) equal to about 2.2 pounds.
About as heavy as a big bottle of water.
A bag of sugar usually weighs about one kilogram.
The doctor said the newborn was three kilograms at birth.
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- 2A unit for measuring weight, so that an object with a mass of one kilogram also weighs one kilogram.
The melon weighed about two kilograms at the market.
The nurse said the baby gained half a kilogram this month.
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Origin
It comes from the French word "kilogramme." It is made of "kilo-" plus "gram."