calorie : Idioms & Phrases

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calorie chart

  • noun a list of foods and information about their caloric content
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calorie-free

  • adjective satellite having relatively few calories
    lite; light; low-cal.
    • diet cola
    • light (or lite) beer
    • lite (or light) mayonnaise
    • a low-cal diet
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gram calorie

  • noun unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
    calorie; gram calorie.
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kilogram calorie

  • noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
    large calorie; Calorie; kilogram calorie; kilocalorie.
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large calorie

  • noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
    large calorie; Calorie; kilogram calorie; kilocalorie.
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low-calorie diet

  • noun a diet that is low on calories
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nutritionist's calorie

  • noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
    large calorie; Calorie; kilogram calorie; kilocalorie.
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small calorie

  • noun unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
    calorie; gram calorie.
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