fat
- 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
Full of something useful, like minerals
Giving large amounts of crops or fruit
Land or soil that grows many crops
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Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise
An electric kitchen machine that cooks food by putting it completely in hot oil
- Specialized
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.