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fat
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- pronunciation:
- faet
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, transitive verb
- phrases:
- fat chance
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
animal or plant substance that is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, is greasy to the touch, and is white or yellowish in color.
Butter and lard are fats.
- synonyms:
- adipose, sebum
- similar words:
- glyceride, grease, stearin
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| definition 2: |
animal or plant tissue that contains such a substance.
Recent research says that excess abdominal fat is particularly unhealthy.- synonyms:
- flesh, meat
- similar words:
- blubber, butterfat, grease, lard, suet, tallow
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| definition 3: |
the best or richest part of something.
- synonyms:
- cream, pith
- similar words:
- best, kernel, meat, nugget
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| definition 4: |
the state of being obese; plumpness.
She is worried about what her fat means to her health.- synonyms:
- corpulence, flesh, obesity
- similar words:
- overweight
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| definition 5: |
useless excess.
The new director wants to cut the fat of the organization.- synonyms:
- excess, overhead, superfluity, surfeit, waste
- similar words:
- overabundance, oversupply, redundancy, surplus
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
fatter, fattest |
| definition 1: |
having excessive nonmuscular flesh; plump; obese.
The vet said that our dog was too fat.- synonyms:
- corpulent, fleshy, heavy, obese, overweight
- antonyms:
- emaciated, lean, meager, skinny, slim, thin, trim
- similar words:
- chubby, gross, heavyset, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, tubby
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| definition 2: |
thick.
She always bring a fat book with her on vacation.- synonyms:
- thick
- antonyms:
- slender, thin
- similar words:
- ample, big, heavy, prodigious
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| definition 3: |
bountiful; fertile.
fat land- synonyms:
- abundant, ample, bountiful, lush, plenteous, rich
- antonyms:
- infertile
- similar words:
- copious, fertile, flush
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| definition 4: |
wealthy; rich.
- synonyms:
- affluent, loaded, moneyed, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do
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| related words: |
chunky, overweight, profitable, profuse, prosperous, soft |
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| phrase: |
fat chance |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
fats, fatting, fatted |
| definition: |
to make fat.
- synonyms:
- batten, fatten
- similar words:
- feed
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| derivation: |
fatness (n.) |
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