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fat

fat

258 1.0
Containing a large amount of oil or soft tissue
  • adjective
  • /fæt/
translation icon : graso
  • Acorns, hazelnuts, and other fat-rich treats are at their peak in the northern forest then.
  • fat milk
  • fat cells

But some people put full fat cream in there with no sugar.

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Examples

  • The recipe calls for butter, which is a high fat dairy product that enhances the taste.

  • Can you eat a high fat diet and still lose weight?

    ZOE
  • But some people put full fat cream in there with no sugar.

  • Keto is high fat, it is not high meat.

  • Let's do it for the human tendency to eat high fat sweet foods.

  • The toxic environment is constant access to cheap, fat-laden foods.

  • A lot of people think that high fat dairy will exacerbate their acne.

  • People who consume a high-calorie and high-fat diet are more likely to get PAD.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Why don't you let me bring you a nice, fat pheasant from the Chihuahua mountains?

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Current guidance supports a low-fat, low-salt, high-fiber diet rich in fruit and vegetables.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

fatty
vsfat
54 2.3

Containing a lot of oil, usually in food

is the general adjective for the same high oil content
adipose
vsfat
  • Specialized
7.7

A body tissue that stores fat

applies to food or tissue generally rather than only animal body tissue

Antonyms

108 2.5

Thin with little extra fat or money

5 1.6

A food that has no fat, like milk or yogurt

Idioms

to chew the fat
  • Informal
3 7.9

Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time

fat chance
  • Informal
2 8.1

A way to say something is very unlikely to happen

The best food and goods a place gives

Compounds

fat cat
  • Offensive
22 6.3

A rich, powerful person who seems greedy and has too much power

22 1.0

A food or drink that contains no fat

8 2.6

The amount of fat in a food or drink

fat cell
  • Specialized
6 2.8

A small part of the body that stores fat for energy

5 2.6

The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products

5 2.5

An eating plan that has little fat and more foods like bread or meat

4 4.1

A swollen lip that happens after a hit or injury

4 5.1

A round, chubby face with full cheeks

3 4.3

A day of feasting and parties before Lent, also called Mardi Gras

3 1.0

Milk that has less fat than whole milk

1 2.8

A person or animal with extra weight and a round shape

fat-soluble
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Able to dissolve in fat or oil rather than water

fat farm
  • Offensive
1 8.4

An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise

polyunsaturated fat
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A fat from plant oils and fish that is better for the heart

An electric kitchen machine that cooks food by putting it completely in hot oil

fat embolism
  • Specialized
1 7.5

When fat enters the blood and blocks a blood vessel after a broken bone

fat-soluble vitamin
  • Specialized
1 2.9

A vitamin that mixes with fat and stays in body fat

big fat bonus
  • Informal
1 3.3

A large extra payment from your job for good work

big fat prize
  • Informal
1 3.1

A very large and impressive award given to the winner

fat finger
  • Jargon
1 7.9

A mistake you make by pressing the wrong key or button

fat metabolism
  • Specialized
1 3.7

The way the body breaks down fat to make energy

bone fat
  • Specialized
8.4

Fat taken from animal bones used to make cheap candles, soap, and grease

cohune fat
  • Specialized
9.9

A thick fat from the nuts of a palm used for cooking and making soap

Oils and other foods from animals or plants that people eat and use for cooking

fat day
  • Informal
8.8

A day when you eat a lot and feel too full

fat hen
  • UK
8.1

A common wild plant with leaves you can eat and cook like spinach

fat logic
  • Slang
9.9

A way of thinking that makes unfair actions seem acceptable to help oneself

lazy fat-ass
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude name for someone seen as lazy and very overweight

9.1

A layer of fat around a pig's kidneys used to make lard

mule fat
  • Specialized
9.9

A Californian shrub with thin leafy shoots that deer eat

3.4

A soft layer of fat on a child that children lose as they grow

wool fat
  • Specialized
6.9

A yellow, greasy material from sheep's wool used in creams and skin products

How Fatty

fat
258 1.0
greasy
123 1.0
low-cal
  • Informal
5 3.1
lean
108 2.5

Surface Forms

fat positive
fatter comparative
fattest superlative

Etymology

Fat used for food comes from the same root for 'plump' and 'full', so a 'fat' food is one that contains a lot of the soft oily material we call fat.