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calorie bomb

calorie bomb noun: food that contains an excessive and unhealthy amount of calories.

Noun

calorie bomb (plural calorie bombs)

  1. (colloquial) Food that contains an excessive and unhealthy amount of calories.
    • However, cheese is a calorie bomb. Add cheese to restaurant-sized portions and it's more like an atomic calorie bomb.2016, Sharee Samuels, A Funeral for My Fat […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
    • Or is it the nutritional opposite: a calorie bomb of full-fat chocolate ice cream, whole milk, and sugary syrup?2017, Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness, Peak Performance […] , Rodale, →ISBN, page 67

Forms of calorie bomb

pluralcalorie bombs

Questions about calorie bomb

What does calorie bomb mean?
Calorie bomb means food that contains an excessive and unhealthy amount of calories.
What part of speech is calorie bomb?
Calorie bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of calorie bomb?
The plural of calorie bomb is calorie bombs.

Words near calorie bomb in the dictionary

  1. caloricity
  2. calorics
  3. caloriduct
  4. caloriducts
  5. calorie
  6. calorie bomb
  7. calorie bombs
  8. calorie deficit
  9. calorie deficits
  10. calorie-conscious
  11. calorie-ful

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