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| Falstaff |
a fat, boisterous, boastful knight in Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. |
| fat |
to make fat. [1/10 definitions] |
| fatless |
combined form of fat. |
| fatten |
to make fat or overweight. [2/4 definitions] |
| fattish |
somewhat fat. |
| fatty |
containing or consisting of fat. |
| flapjack |
a flat cake made by frying batter in a small amount of butter or other fat; pancake; griddlecake. |
| flesh |
the soft tissue beneath the skin and surrounding the bones of an animal or human body, including muscle and fat. [2/9 definitions] |
| fleshy |
having an abundance of flesh or fat. [1/2 definitions] |
| French fries |
(often l.c.) potatoes cut into lengthwise strips and fried in deep oil or fat. |
| French-fry |
(often l.c.) to fry (potatoes, onion rings, or the like) in deep oil or fat until crisp. |
| fried |
cooked in oil, butter, or some other fat. [1/2 definitions] |
| friedcake |
a small cake, such as a doughnut or cruller, cooked in deep fat. |
| fry1 |
to cook in hot butter, oil, or other fat. [1/7 definitions] |
| fryer |
one that fries, esp. a pan for frying food in deep fat. [1/2 definitions] |
| Ganesh |
Hindu god of wisdom and remover of obstacles, represented as a short, fat man with an elephant's head. |
| goose grease |
the melted fat of a goose. |
| grease |
animal fat, esp. when melted or softened. [1/4 definitions] |
| greaves |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) the remaining residue when animal fat is melted down for tallow or the like; cracklings. |
| gross |
thick, large, or fat. [1/9 definitions] |
| homogenize |
to break up and distribute evenly the particles of fat in (milk). [1/2 definitions] |
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