low-calorie

/ˌləʊˈkæləri/ adjective (abbreviation low-cal, lo-cal)

Definition

› A low-calorie food or drink will not make you fat because it has fewer calories (= units for measuring the amount of energy a food provides) than normal food or drink.

(Definition of low-calorie adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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