Word
calorie, n.
(calories)
unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
<noun.quantity>
calorie
gram calorie
small calorie
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
caloric
semantic pointers
hypernym
work unit, heat unit, energy unit
part holonym
Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie