empty calories



empty calories

Food that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s]
See also: empty

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZephZEFEnglish
Lenka-Czech, Slovak
Imrus-Hungarian
Antonoahn-TO-noEsperanto
Catherina[.kæθə'ri:nə]
AnxoAN-shawGalician