calorie
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calories
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calories
Britannica Dictionary definition of CALORIE
[count]
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a unit of heat used to indicate the amount of energy that foods will produce in the human body
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foods with high/low calories
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You should try to eat fewer calories [=eat less food with high calories] and exercise more.
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a low-calorie diet
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No dessert for me—I'm watching/counting my calories. [=being careful not to eat too much]
— caloric
/kəˈlorɪk/ adjective [more caloric; most caloric]-
caloric intake/restriction/values
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caloric foods [=foods that contain many calories]
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the calorific content of fat
