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fat-free

fat-free

22 1.0
A food or drink that contains no fat
  • adjective
  • /fæt friː/
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  • The muffins are fat-free, the eggs are free-range and the bacon is extra crispy.
  • fat-free mass
  • fat-free body

It's also sugar free and fat free.

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Examples

  • And you should have bought fat-free potato chips.

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  • I took a stalk of celery and dipped it in fat-free ranch dressing.

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  • Are you sure that's fat free?

  • Hey, you think they got a fat-free menu in this joint?

  • Be careful with those fat-free chips.

  • Is this cheese fat-free, yo?

  • You know, usually I bring my own dressing, you know, that fat-free ranch stuff, but this is restaurant quality.

  • So for pudding, I'm having some fat free Greek style honey yogurt.

  • When selecting milk products or yogurt, you should opt for fat-free or low-fat.

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  • You can enjoy a nice dessert without guilt because the cake is fat-free.

Synonyms

nonfat
vsfat-free
5 1.6

A food that has no fat, like milk or yogurt

is a neutral label for lack of fat without implying removal
fatless
vsfat-free
2.5

Containing no fat

has identical meaning and shows absence of any fat

Antonyms

54 2.3

Containing a lot of oil, usually in food

How Fatty

fattiness
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fat-free
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Surface Forms

fat-free positive
fat freer comparative
fat freest superlative

Morphology

fat-free = fat + free (transparent) = fat + free

Direct combination of the noun 'fat' and adjective 'free' meaning 'without fat', which is immediately clear to learners.

Etymology

Fat-free is made of the simple parts fat and free. Fat is the oily part of food and free here means 'without', just like in sugar-free, so fat-free means food that is 'without fat'.