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low-cal

adjective

having relatively few calories

- diet cola

- light (or lite) beer

- lite (or light) mayonnaise

- 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 food_hyponym

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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