low-cal

low-cal
adjective
having relatively few calories
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diet cola

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light (or lite) beer

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lite (or light) mayonnaise

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a low-cal diet

Syn: ↑light, ↑lite, ↑calorie-free
Similar to: ↑nonfat, ↑fat-free, ↑fatless

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/loh"kal", -kal'/, adj. Informal.
containing fewer calories than usual or standard: a low-cal diet.
[low cal(orie)]

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lowˈ-calˈ or loˈ-calˈ adjective (informal)
Low in calories
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Main Entry:low

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low-cal UK [ˌləʊ ˈkæl] US [loʊ ˈkæl] adjective informal
low-calorie
Thesaurus: words used to describe the state or consistency of foodhyponym

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low-cal 7 f6 [low-cal] (also lo-cal) [ˌləʊ ˈkæl] [ˌloʊ] adjective (informal)
(of food and drink) containing very few ↑calories
See also:lo-cal

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