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calories

calories is the plural of calorie.

calories is the plural of calory.

Meaning of calorie

Noun

calorie (plural calories)

  1. (nutrition) A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling.
    • Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie
  2. (physical) A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 joules, that can raise the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius. This unit was formerly widely used in chemistry and physics.
    • Holonyms: kilocalorie, calorie (large-calorie sense), large calorie, Calorie (capital C) < megacalorie < gigacalorie

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Meaning of calory

Noun

calory (plural calories)

  1. Dated spelling of calorie.

Noun capitalized: Calories

Calories

  1. (plural) plural of Calorie

Phrases with calories

Questions about calories

What is calories the plural of?
Calories is the plural of calorie.
What part of speech is calories?
Calories is a noun.

Words near calories in the dictionary

  1. calorie-conscious
  2. calorie-ful
  3. calorie-restricted
  4. calorieful
  5. calorieless
  6. calories
  7. calorifacient
  8. calorifere
  9. caloriferes
  10. caloriferous
  11. calorifiant

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