REDUCING DIET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reducing diet mean? 

• REDUCING DIET (noun)
  The noun REDUCING DIET has 1 sense:

1. a diet designed to help you lose weight (especially fat)

  Familiarity information: REDUCING DIET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDUCING DIET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A diet designed to help you lose weight (especially fat)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

obesity diet; reducing diet

Hypernyms ("reducing diet" is a kind of...):

diet (a prescribed selection of foods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reducing diet"):

fad diet (a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity)

low-calorie diet (a diet that is low on calories)