caloric

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/kəˈlɒɹɪk/

adj 4noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, content, daily, high, known, red-hot, spanish, super

VERB + CALORIC

create, milk, monitor

CALORIC + NOUN

beverage, bodies, deficit, intake, restriction, word

PREP.

than, with

Definitions

adj

Relating to calories.

caloric intake

This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of various organisms and reduce their rate of cancer and other age-related ailments.

Containing calories.

Milk is a caloric beverage.

Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).

a dry, caloric food

Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

noun

The hypothetical medium of heat.

The fluid matter of heat, or Calorique, in which all bodies are immersed, is as necessary to vegetable as to animal existence.

Caloric expands all bodies.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — relating to or associated with heat

thermal
thermic

Antonyms

nonthermal

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

caloric intake

Wiktionary

This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of various organisms and reduce their rate of cancer and other age-related ailments.

Wiktionary

Milk is a caloric beverage.

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The fluid matter of heat, or Calorique, in which all bodies are immersed, is as necessary to vegetable as to animal existence.

Wiktionary

Caloric expands all bodies.

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I offered apologies to her beautyship, but she grew furious; and the fiery spots on her face became red-hot with the caloric of anger […]

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, caloric is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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