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How to pronounce fat
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What does fat mean?
adjCarrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
“The fattest pig should yield the most meat.”
Thick; large.
“The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.”
Bulbous; rotund.
nounA specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
“Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.”
Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
“Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.”
A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lip
verbTo make fat; to fatten.
“kill the fatted calf”
To become fat; to fatten.
To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.
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