Definition of fat Fat
/fæˈt/ - [fat] - fat
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WordNet
NounPlural: fats |
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| fat - a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat" | ||
| lipid, lipide, lipoid an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | ||
| adipose cell, fat cell cells composed of fat | ||
| edible fat oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue | ||
| animal fat any fat obtained from animals; "animal fat is high in saturated fatty acids" | ||
| cocoa butter the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate | ||
| leaf fat, leaf lard fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard | ||
| acylglycerol, glyceride an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid" | ||
| triglyceride glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body | ||
| myelin, myeline, medulla a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers | ||
| fat - excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" | ||
| fatness, blubber, avoirdupois | ||
| leanness, spareness, thinness the property of having little body fat | ||
| bodily property an attribute of the body | ||
| adiposeness, adiposity, fattiness having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity" | ||
| abdominousness, paunchiness the bodily property of a protruding belly | ||
| greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness consisting of or covered with oil | ||
| corpulency, fleshiness, obesity more than average fatness | ||
| fat - a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" | ||
| adipose tissue, fatty tissue | ||
| animal tissue the tissue in the bodies of animals | ||
| flab loose or flaccid body fat | ||
| atheroma a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow | ||
| cellulite lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | ||
| puppy fat fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence | ||
| mons, mons pubis, mons veneris a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women | ||
| paunch, belly the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | ||
Adjectivefat, fatter, fattest |
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| fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" | ||
| lean, thin not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year" | ||
| endomorphic, pyknic having a squat and fleshy build; "a pyknic practical joke" | ||
| rounded curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" | ||
| thick abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust" | ||
| body weight the weight of a person's body | ||
| abdominous, paunchy, potbellied having a large belly | ||
| blubbery swollen with fat; "blubber cheeks"; "blubber lips"; "a coarse blubbery individual" | ||
| chubby, embonpoint, plump sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; | ||
| zaftig, zoftig, buxom (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous ; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; | ||
| corpulent, obese, rotund, weighty excessively fat; "a weighty man" | ||
| double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw | ||
| podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby, dumpy short and plump | ||
| fattish somewhat fat | ||
| overweight, fleshy, heavy usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it | ||
| porcine, gross relating to or suggesting swine; "comparison between human and porcine pleasures" | ||
| fat - marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" | ||
| fertile, productive, rich | ||
| fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply" | ||
| fat - lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" | ||
| juicy | ||
| profitable yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market" | ||
| fat - having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope" | ||
| fat - containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" | ||
| fatty | ||
| fat-free, fatless, nonfat without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk" | ||
| adipose composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat" | ||
| buttery resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake" | ||
| sebaceous, greasy, oleaginous, oily smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" | ||
| suety like or full of suet; "suety lamb chops" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fat (Noun)
A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern. - fat (Noun)
A dry measure , generally equal to nine bushels. - fat (Noun)
A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy. - fat (Noun)
A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat. - fat (Noun)
That part of an organization deemed wasteful. - fat (Noun)
An erection. - fat (Noun)
A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. - fat (Noun)
The best or richest productions; the best part. - fat (Noun)
Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor. - fat (Verb)
To make fat; to fatten. - fat (Verb)
To become fat; to fatten. - fat (Adjective)
Carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body. - fat (Adjective)
Thick. - fat (Adjective)
Bountiful. - fat (Adjective)
Variant form of phat.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fat (n.)
A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. - fat (n.)
A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. - fat (superl.)
Abounding with fat - fat (superl.)
Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. - fat (superl.)
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food. - fat (superl.)
Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. - fat (superl.)
Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. - fat (superl.)
Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. - fat (superl.)
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. - fat (superl.)
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. - fat (n.)
An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose. - fat (n.)
The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land. - fat (n.)
Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor. - fat (a.)
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep. - fat (v. i.)
To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy. -
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Carrying a larger-than-normal amount of fat or weight. -
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The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids. -
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Made of fat. -
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(Concerning a person) He who carries a lot of fat.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fat, adj. plump, fleshy: fruitful, esp. profitable: gross: thick, full-bodied, esp. of printing-types.—n. an oily substance under the skin: solid animal oil: the richest part of anything.—v.t. to make fat.—v.i. to grow fat:—pr.p. fat′ting; pa.p. fat′ted.—adj. Fat′brained (Shak.), dull of apprehension.—ns. Fat′-hen (prov.), any one of various plants of thick succulent foliage, esp. pigweed, orach, and ground-ivy; Fat′ling, a young animal fattened for slaughter.—adj. small and fat.—n. Fat′-lute, a mixture of pipe-clay and linseed-oil, for filling joints, &c.—adv. Fat′ly, grossly: in a lumbering manner.—n. Fat′ness, quality or state of being fat: fullness of flesh: richness: fertility: that which makes fertile.—v.t. Fat′ten, to make fat or fleshy: to make fertile.—v.i. to grow fat.—ns. Fat′tener, he who, or that which, fattens; Fat′tening, the process of making fat: state of growing fat; Fat′tiness.—adjs. Fat′tish, somewhat fat; Fat′-witted, dull, stupid; Fat′ty, containing fat or having the qualities of fat.—Fat images, those in relief.—The fat is in the fire, things have gone to confusion. [A.S. fæt; Ger. fett.] -
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fat, n. a vessel for holding liquids: a vat: a dry measure of nine bushels. [See Vat.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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If the tressing in or tuck of a ship's quarter under water hangs deep, or is overfull, they say she has a fat quarter.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, carmen, &c. All the fat is in the fire; that is, it is all over with us: a saying used in case of any miscarriage or disappointment in an undertaking; an allusion to overturning the frying pan into the fire. Fat, among printers, means void spaces.
Wikipedia 
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Fat is something found in foods, and it is the most concentrated kind of energy that a human can use. It has 9 kilocalories in one gram. The other two types of energy that humans can use are carbohydrates and proteins. Those each have 4 kilocalories in one gram.
Fats can be solid (firm) or fluid at room temperature. For example, cooking oil is a type of fluid fat. Butter is a solid fat. Some fats come from animals, others come from plants. Fat from plants is called vegetable fat. Examples of animal fats are butter, cream and lard. Examples of vegetable fats are margarine and vegetable oil.
The different types of fats are saturated, unsaturated and trans fats. Trans fats are created in the food industry by treating other types of fats and giving them a different structure. This happens when oil is hardened to make margarine, for example. Many restaurants also use trans fats for deep-frying food. Trans fats are the most unhealthy fats to eat and can cause heart disease.
Fat is important for the human body because it gives much energy and helps the body use the vitamins in the food. It is also good for the skin and hair. Olive oil is an especially healthy fat. Many types of fish also contain healthy fat, for example salmon, sardines, herring, and tuna. But if too much fat collects in the body, a person can become too heavy. The energy that fat gives the body must be used up by moving or working. Some vegetables like celery or carrots contribute much less to the bodies fat supply
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