EMPTY CALORIE

Meaning of EMPTY CALORIE in English

a calorie whose source has little or no nutritional value: Junk food has only empty calories.

[ 1965-70, Amer. ]

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CALORIE — Unit of energy or heat . Various precise definitions are used for different purposes (physical chemistry measurements, engineering steam tables, …
Английский словарь Британика
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)tē, -ti adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmtig, ǣmettig empty, unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALORIE — noun also cal·o·ry ˈkal(ə)rē, -i ( plural calories ) Etymology: French calorie, from Latin calor heat + French -ie -y …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMPTY — (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of …
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — ( v. t. ) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — ( superl. ) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — — emptiable , adj. — emptier , n. — emptily , adv. — emptiness , n. /emp"tee/ , adj., emptier, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALORIE — /kal"euh ree/ , n. 1. Thermodynam. a. Also called gram calorie, small calorie . an amount of heat exactly equal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)-tē adjective ( emp·ti·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmettig unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALORIE — also cal·o·ry ˈka-lə-rē, ˈkal-rē ( plural -ries ) Etymology: French calorie, from Latin calor heat, from calēre to be warm …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMPTY — vi to become empty. 2. empty ·superl having nothing to carry; unburdened. 3. empty ·superl free; clear; devoid; often …
Webster English vocab
EMPTY — [emp.ty] adj emp.ti.er ; -est [ME, fr. OE aemettig unoccupied, fr. aemetta leisure, perh. fr. ae- without + -metta (prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CALORIE — [cal.o.rie] also cal.o.ry n, pl -ries [F calorie, fr. L calor heat, fr. calere to be warm--more at lee] (1866) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CALORIE — a unit of energy or heat variously defined. The calorie was originally defined as the amount of heat required at …
Britannica English vocabulary
CALORIE — calorie, C\~ BrE AmE ˈkæl ər i ▷ calorie|s z ▶ ˈ calorie ˌ counting BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EMPTY — / ˈempti; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( emp·tier , emp·ti·est ) 1. empty (of sth) with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALORIE — / ˈkæləri; NAmE / noun 1. a unit for measuring how much energy food will produce : No sugar for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. emp ‧ ty 1 S2 W2 /ˈempti/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative emptier , superlative emptiest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CALORIE — cal ‧ o ‧ rie /ˈkæləri/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin calor …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CALORIE — n. (also calory) (pl. -ies) a unit of quantity of heat: 1 (in full small calorie) the amount needed to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CALORIE — n. (also calory) (pl. -ies) a unit of quantity of heat: 1 (in full small calorie) the amount needed to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1. containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Oxford English vocab
CALORIE — n. (also calory) (pl. -ies) a unit of quantity of heat: 1. (in full small calorie) the amount needed to …
Oxford English vocab
EMPTY — ( emptier, emptiest, empties, emptying, emptied) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-CALORIE — -calorie is used after adjectives such as low or high to indicate that food contains a small or a large …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALORIE — ( calories) Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a false/empty/hollow promise (= one that will not be kept ) ▪ I didn’t …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALORIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES food/alcohol/calorie etc intake ▪ Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALORIE — (HEAT) [noun] [C] [specialized] - a unit of heat energy equal to either 4.19 or 4190 joulesA calorie is the …
Cambridge English vocab
CALORIE — n. Unit of energy or heat . Various precise definitions are used for different purposes (physical chemistry measurements, engineering steam …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EMPTY — Synonyms and related words : abandoned, absurd, aimless, airy, apparently sound, arid, asinine, awkward, banal, bare, barren, baseless, blah, bland, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CALORIE — Synonyms and related words : BTU, British thermal unit, atomerg, dinamode, dyne, energid, erg, foot-pound, great calorie, horsepower-hour, horsepower-year, joule, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMPTY — I. verb 1 make sth empty ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ The cupboards had all been completely emptied. ▪ out ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CALORIE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excess , extra ▪ empty ▪ Alcohol has a lot of empty ~s. ▪ daily ▪ total …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EMPTY — INDEX: 1. container/bottle/glass 2. building/room/seat 3. place/area of land 4. paper/tape/screen 5. to make something empty 6. to make everyone …
Longman Activator English vocab
EMPTY — n. 25B6; adjective an empty house : VACANT, unoccupied, uninhabited, untenanted, bare, desolate, deserted, abandoned; clear, free. an empty threat …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CALORIE — (Abbreviation cal) (1) Basically, A unit of heat energy equal to the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
EMPTY — adj. 1 void, unfilled, hollow, bare, barren, vacant, unfurnished, unadorned, undecorated; emptied, drained, spent, exhausted That empty space on the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CALORIE — Unit of heat; 1 calorie = 3.968 B.T.U. . The heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1 degrees …
English Dictionary Of Cooking And Food Terms
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CALORIE — сущ. калория to count calorie ≈ считать калории empty calorie (in junk food) ≈ малокалорийный (специальное) калория - great * …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMPTY — empty.ogg 1. ʹemptı n преим. pl 1. порожняя тара returned empties - возвращённые пустые бутылки, банки и т. п. empties …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CALORIE — calorie.ogg ʹkælərı n спец. калория great lesser /small/ calorie - большая малая калория low calorie food - пищевой продукт низкой …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CALORIE — калория - small calorie
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
EMPTY — empty прил.1) пустой, полый (о емкостях, таре и т. п.); порожний (о транспорте) ( of) empty wine-bottle — пустая винная …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EMPTY — 1. ʹemptı n преим. pl 1. порожняя тара returned empties - возвращённые пустые бутылки, банки и т. п. empties returned …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CALORIE — n спец. калория great lesser /small/ calorie - большая малая калория low calorie food - пищевой продукт низкой калорийности calorie …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EMPTY — 1. прил. 1) пустой, полый ( о емкостях, таре и т. п. ) ; порожний ( о транспорте ) ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CALORIE — сущ. ; = calory калория to count calories — считать калории empty calories — "пустые" калории ( в пище, имеющей …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EMPTY — 1. прил. 1) пустой, полый (о емкостях, таре и т. п.); порожний (о транспорте) (of) empty wine-bottle — пустая винная бутылка Syn: vacant Ant: full I …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CALORIE — сущ.; - calory калория to count calories — считать калории empty calories — "пустые" калории (в пище, имеющей низкую питательную ценность) - gram calorie - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CALORIE — калория (единица тепловой энергии, равная количеству энергии, необходимому для нагревания 1 грамма воды на 1 градус Цельсия) - gram-calorie - great calorie - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CALORIE — сущ. калория to count calorie ≈ считать калории empty calorie (in junk food) ≈ малокалорийный (специальное) калория - great * …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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