kilowatt

Questions about kilowatt

What does kilowatt mean?

kilowatt means "a unit of power equal to 1000 watts".

How many syllables are in kilowatt?

kilowatt has 3 syllables: kil-o-watt. The stress falls on "kil". In IPA it is /ˈkɪləˌwɑt/.

What is another word for kilowatt?

Close synonyms include kW. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kilowatt a common word?

kilowatt is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with kilowatt?

2 words rhyme with kilowatt. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.