Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kilocalorie

1 sense of kilocalorie

Sense 1
Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie -- (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)
       => work unit, heat unit, energy unit -- (a unit of measurement for work)