Definition of "caloric" in English

adjective

1. Relating to calories.

   • caloric intake

2. Containing calories.

   • Milk is a caloric beverage.

3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).

   • a dry, caloric food

4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

noun

1. (historical) The hypothetical medium of heat.