kilometer meaning

Definition of kilometer

1. a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

   Synonyms: kilometre, km, klick

   Type of: metric linear unit

kilometer in a sentence

• There is a bridge about one kilometer up this river.
• It was less than one kilometer to the village post office.
• A gas station is one kilometer ahead.
• We covered 100 kilometers in the car before it got dark.
• He said he would run 200 kilometers in a day and he did.

How to pronounce kilometer

kilometer is pronounced /ˈkɪləmiːtə/ in British English and /kəˈlɑmətɚ/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable in British English and the second in American English.