1. A unit of volume equal to one thousand litres, used in the metric system.
Usage: Also spelled kiloliter in U.S. English.; Commonly abbreviated as kL.

Examples

• The swimming pool holds approximately 2.5 kilolitres of water.
• Industrial tanks are often measured in kilolitres.
• A kilolitre is equivalent to 1,000 litres or about 264 gallons.
• The water treatment facility processes hundreds of kilolitres daily.
• The recipe requires 5 kilolitres of liquid for the large batch.