milo

M3I1L1O1
/ˈmaɪloʊ/

noun

sorghum

Similar
milo maize
Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

milo1

nounmilo (countable and uncountable, plural milos)

plural milos

  1. UScountableuncountablesorghum

    When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight[…]

    1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices

Milo2

proper noun
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

    Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday.

    1989, Pat Cadigan, Patterns, Ursus Imprints, →ISBN, page 12
    3 more examples

    Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo. Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?

    2011, Ali Smith, There but for the, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 191

    Inside, professional hatemonger Milo Yiannopoulos is addressing an audience of around 400 people, peppered with bright red baseball caps.

    2017 January 28, Abigail Edge, “Two nights on Milo Yiannopoulos's campus tour: as offensive as you'd imagine”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2017

    Back in 2011, a 9-year-old named Milo Cress found it odd that the restaurants he would go to with his mom in Burlington, Vermont, would automatically serve drinks with a straw, whether or not their customer wanted one.

    2023 August 10, Harvin Bhathal, “Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think.”, in Route Fifty, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2024
  2. An English surname originating as a patronymic transferred from the given name.
  3. A number of places around the world, including:
    1. A small village in Llanfihangel Aberbythych community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5917).
    2. A minor city in Warren County, Iowa.

Milo3

nounMilo (uncountable)
  1. MalaysiaSingaporecolloquialuncountableA drink of Milo chocolate.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains

Similar
milo maize
Broader
grain sorghum

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

milo · noun

Probably related to Portuguese milho (“millet”). In early European accounts, millet and sorghum were often confused.

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Milo · proper noun

A Latinate variant of Miles.

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Milo · noun

From Milo, an Australian brand of chocolate owned by Nestle.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 米洛
  • 米洛 (Mǐluò)male given name
Thai ไมโล
  • ไมโล (mailoo)male given name

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

milo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milo

MLA

“milo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milo.

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