Word.ws English Dictionary

California kilowatts

California kilowatts is the plural of California kilowatt.

Meaning of California kilowatt

Noun

California kilowatt (plural California kilowatts)

  1. (slang, CB radio) An amateur radio broadcast strength exceeding the legal limit of one kilowatt, or (by extension) a transmitter broadcasting in this manner.
    • A few nights ago conditions on 20 were at their usual level, the California kilowatts were in full charge, the 50 watt diehards were busy calling endless CQ's, and the DX stations were reaping the harvest.1967, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 1-6, page 51

Questions about California kilowatts

What is California kilowatts the plural of?
California kilowatts is the plural of California kilowatt.

Words near California kilowatts in the dictionary

  1. California hazelnuts
  2. California holly
  3. California Hot Springs
  4. California Jack
  5. California kilowatt
  6. California kilowatts
  7. California king
  8. California kings
  9. California kingsnake
  10. California kingsnakes
  11. California laurel

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: California kilowatts (page history and authors); California kilowatt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “California kilowatts.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/california_kilowatts. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.