portion-controlled
[ pawr-shuh n-kuh n-trohld, pohr- ]
/ ˈpɔr ʃən kənˌtroʊld, ˈpoʊr- /
adjective
being a standardized portion of food: The restaurant uses frozen, portion-controlled entrées.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
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porting, portio, portio supravaginalis, portio vaginalis, portion, portion-controlled, portioner, portière, portland, portland cement, portlaoise
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Example sentences from the Web for portion-controlled
Instead of ordering out, they each ate their own plastic-wrapped, portion-controlled, low-calorie meals.