The word lite is an adjective. It is used to indicate something, especially food or drink, which contains fewer calories than other foods. Such class of food is likely to make one fat. For example: lite ice-cream. The word 'lite' in this example indicates that the ice-cream is low in calories. Lite is another spelling of the word 'light'. Thus, lite food is fiber food or natural food or organic food or roughage. Lite food is health food.
Lite also has a slang use and is generally used after a noun. It is used to say something is similar to something else but it lacks many of its important or serious qualities. For example: I would describe this movie as 'Hitchcock lite.' In musical context, lite could mean music which is ambient, contemporary, electronic, or Fourth World music.
Lite also has a slang use and is generally used after a noun. It is used to say something is similar to something else but it lacks many of its important or serious qualities. For example: I would describe this movie as 'Hitchcock lite.' In musical context, lite could mean music which is ambient, contemporary, electronic, or Fourth World music.
