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empty calories

empty calories is the plural of empty calorie.

Meaning of empty calorie

Noun

empty calorie (plural empty calories)

  1. A calorie derived from food that supplies food energy but little or no other nutrition.

Questions about empty calories

What is empty calories the plural of?
Empty calories is the plural of empty calorie.

Words near empty calories in the dictionary

  1. empty as the tomb on Easter
  2. empty barrels make the most noise
  3. empty base
  4. empty bases
  5. empty calorie
  6. empty calories
  7. empty cans make the most noise
  8. empty canvas
  9. empty canvases
  10. empty chair
  11. empty chairs

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