calorie Definition
calo·rie (kal′ə rē)
noun
- the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree celsius; gram calorie; small calorie
- the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree celsius; great calorie; kilocalorie; 1,000 calories; large calorie
- a unit equal to the large calorie, used for measuring the energy produced by food when oxidized in the body
- an amount of food able to produce one large calorie of energy
Etymology: Fr < L calor, heat; akin to calere, to be warm < IE base *kel-, warm > OE hlēowe, warm
calorie Usage Examples
Converse of object
- burn: For example, walking 3 miles per hour will burn more calories than walking 1.5 miles per hour.
- consume: The average person consumes 3500 calories on Christmas Day alone.
- expend: In order to promote weight loss, one must expend more calories than they consume.
- count: Here are those: smoking, counting calories, reading horoscopes.
- eat: The only real way to lose weight is by eating fewer calories than your body burns in a given day.
- calculate: Does ' calculating the calories ' take all the fun out of eating?
Adjective modifier
- excess: Instead of taking in excess calories, you'll be burning them!
- empty: All these supply empty calories which lead to weight gain Cut back on alcohol.
- fat: That's over 4,500 fat calories each day - hardly conducive to fat loss!
- total: The Totals gives total duration, total calories, total exercise count.
Modifies a noun
- intake: In general, the aim is to reduce calorie intake by about 500 to 1000 calories a day.
- counting: Glad to say I invented my own diet and have lost 3 stone in just under a year by calorie counting.
- sweetener: Do your best to replace sugar with a low calorie sweetener.
- counter: Using the calorie counter & food diary program What does it do?
- burning: The former is thought to be more significant in terms of calorie burning than the latter.
- diet: He or she will need to have a special high calorie diet.
Noun used with modifier
burning: Physical exercise not only influences body weight by burning calories, it also helps raise your BMR by building extra lean tissue.
Preposition: of
carbohydrate: Eat at least 200-400 calories of carbohydrate within two hours of a hard workout.
Preposition: from
fat: On average, they get about 38 per cent of their calories from fat.
Preposition: per
gram: There are 4 calories per gram of protein, just like a carbohydrate.
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