Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

klom

/klˈɔm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: klom
IPA: /klˈɔm/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of kilometre (“km”)

Informal

Example Sentences

"It’s a crater more than twenty-five kloms in diameter."
"“All the way to L-One? That’s 56,000 kloms above the moon.”"
"Then he reminded them what would happen if they did that at three hundred kloms an hour."

Etymology

Contraction of kilometer. Perhaps first used in Julian May's 1981 novel The Many-Colored Land.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

kloms (plural)

Synonyms

kilometre

Rhymes With

hobsbawm dom/me

Questions

How do you pronounce klom?: The recorded pronunciation is /klˈɔm/.
What does klom mean?: Synonym of kilometre (“km”)
Where does klom come from?: Contraction of kilometer. Perhaps first used in Julian May's 1981 novel The Many-Colored Land.

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