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calorie Definition

calo·rie (kalə rē)

noun

  1. the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree celsius; gram calorie; small calorie
  2. 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
    1. a unit equal to the large calorie, used for measuring the energy produced by food when oxidized in the body
    2. 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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