fat
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7.0
- adjective
- /fæt/
- Faraway Downs will be reborn as an island-- green and flowering and fat with life.
Examples
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Here, magnolia blossoms grew fat with a perfume high and sweet.
Fiction book (2001) -
I daresay, the soil around here must be quite fat with corpse manure, bones, flesh, nails.
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The soil organisms are fat and lazy.
Fiction book (2000) -
In October, the rice fields are golden; the grains are fat, heavy, and ready to be harvested.
Academic text (2006) -
And if God's creation is beautifully fat, so is the land Yahweh promises to the Hebrews.
Academic text (2010) -
The soil in this region is really fat, producing an abundance of crops every year.
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Farmers love to cultivate the fat fields because they yield more fruit and vegetables.
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This valley is known for its fat land, which is perfect for growing diverse types of fruit.
Synonyms
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1.0
Full of something useful, like minerals
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3.2
Land or soil that grows many crops
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2.7
Giving large amounts of crops or fruit
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
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8.4
An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise
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3.4
An electric kitchen machine that cooks food by putting it completely in hot oil
- Specialized
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7.5
When fat enters the blood and blocks a blood vessel after a broken bone
- Specialized
A yellow, greasy material from sheep's wool used in creams and skin products
How Fertile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fat when used about land means 'rich' or 'full of life', like a well-fed body, so 'fat' soil is good for crops and gives a big harvest.