calories
Americannoun
Compare meaning
How does calories compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But on birthdays, especially at Olive Garden, the calories didn’t count, and the extra Andes Mint I passed her — because I didn’t care for chocolate in my youth — could be savored.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
“Just to say, ‘well, I don’t eat all my calories from ultraprocessed foods, I’m safe.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
"People are probably subsisting on 1,000 or 1,500 calories a day, and are not able to get basic healthcare," he said.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
He has spent millions of dollars a year on his health, taking upward of 100 supplements a day, tracking hundreds of biomarkers, and eating precisely 2,250 chef-prepared calories a day.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
On the industrial farm, it takes about ten calories of fossil fuel energy to produce one calorie of food energy.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
