calorie
/ˈkæl·ə·ri/ n [C] (FOOD)Definition
› a unit used in measuring the amount of energy food provides when eaten and digested: The typical US daily menu contains 3000 calories and should contain 2300. › science a unit equal to the amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius
(Definition of calorie n (FOOD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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