lite

adjective \ˈlīt\

: containing fewer calories or less fat than usual

Full Definition of LITE

: ⁴light 9a

: diminished or lacking in substance or seriousness <lite news>; specifically : being an innocuous or unthreatening version —often used postpositively <it is film noir lite — James Greenberg>

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Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with LITE

bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, dite, fight, flight, fright, height, hight, kite, knight, krait, kyte, light, might, mite, night, plight, quite, right, rite, sight, site, sleight, slight, smite, spite, sprite, tight, trite, white, wight, wite, wright, write

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lite

Medical Definition of LITE

variant of light[2]

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