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fat Definition

• (a) having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn''t remembered how fat she was"
• (a) containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
• (n) a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
• (n) a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
• (n) excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
• (s) having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
• (s) lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
• (s) marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
• (s) a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
• (v) make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

fat Synonyms

• adipose tissue
• avoirdupois
• blubber
• fat
• fatness
• fatten
• fatten out
• fatten up
• fatty
• fatty tissue
• fertile
• fill out
• flesh out
• juicy
• plump
• plump out
• productive
• rich
• rounded