Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lo-cal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables
lo--cal
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

(of food or drink) That contains fewer calories than normal.

Informal

Etymology

low + calories

Usage

Inflected Forms

more lo-cal (comparative) most lo-cal (superlative)

Questions

What does lo-cal mean?
(of food or drink) That contains fewer calories than normal.
Where does lo-cal come from?
low + calories

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