Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empty calorie

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: emp-ty calo-rie
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A calorie derived from food that supplies food energy but little or no other nutrition.

Inflected Forms

empty calories (plural)

Phrases

junk food

Frequently Paired Words

junk food nonnutritious

Questions

What does empty calorie mean?: A calorie derived from food that supplies food energy but little or no other nutrition.

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