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# kilogram

«kilogram» in Mova's school dictionary: **a unit for measuring how heavy something is (its mass)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (kilogram, kilograms); short form kg

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kilogram is a unit for measuring how heavy something is (its mass). A bag of sugar often weighs one kilogram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#m1)

2) A kilogram is 1000 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a unit of weight (mass); 1 kilogram = 1000 grams; often a price per kilogram (price × kilograms). In science, the kilogram is the basic unit of mass, measured with scales. In everyday life: buying fruit, flour and meat by the kilogram, weighing yourself or a suitcase. Phrases: «a kilogram of», «per kilogram», «kilos» (informal).

### examples

- Apples cost 3 dollars a kilogram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x1)
- The dog weighs 12 kilograms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x2)
- She buys 2 kilograms of rice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x3)
- How many grams are in 4 kilograms? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x4)
- A litre of water weighs about one kilogram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x5)
- The baby weighed 3 kilograms when she was born. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x6)
- Put the potatoes on the scales: 2.5 kg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x7)
- Which is heavier, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of stones? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/#x8)

### note

Plural: kilograms; short form kg (no s, no dot: 5 kg); British spelling also kilogramme; informally «kilos». A unit; «per kilogram» is a rate (price × kilograms). Trap: change grams and kilograms to the same unit before adding. A kilogram of feathers and a kilogram of stones weigh the same.

### In the corpora

- [A sheep called Chris was found in Australia in 2015 after years lost in the bush, carrying over forty kilograms of wool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/5/)
- [The adult brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms and has about 86 billion nerve cells, each connected to thousands of others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/6/)
- [Farmers breed giant pumpkins of over 1,000 kilograms, and the record is over 1,200 kilograms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/17/)
- [In 2015 a runaway sheep in Australia named Chris was found with a fleece weighing about 40 kilograms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/11/)
- [The European bison, zubr in Ukrainian, is the heaviest land animal in Europe; a big bull weighs about 900 kilograms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kilogram» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kilogram/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.