Fat

  • 41Fat — This article is about the type of nutrient in food. For fat in humans and animals, see Adipose tissue. For other uses, see Fat (disambiguation). Types of fats in food Unsaturated fat Monounsaturated fat Polyunsaturated fat …

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  • 42fat — (d après l Académie, le t se prononce ; au XVIIe siècle, Chifflet, Gramm. p. 217, note aussi que le t se prononce même devant une consonne ; pourtant plusieurs aussi ne le prononcent pas, et il n y a aucune raison pour ne pas prononcer fat, comme …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 43fat — 1 adjective 1 FLESH having a lot of flesh on your body, especially too much flesh: You ll get fat if you eat all that chocolate. | That big fat opera singer what s his name? opposite thin 1 (2) 2 THICK OR WIDE thick or wide: Dobbs was smoking a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 44fat */*/ — I UK [fæt] / US adjective Word forms fat : adjective fat comparative fatter superlative fattest Other ways of saying fat: plump slightly fat in a way that looks quite nice: a plump friendly looking man in his forties chubby used especially for… …

    English dictionary

  • 45Fat — The word fat has more meanings that it has letters. It is among other things: {{}}A nutrient: With proteins and carbohydrates, fat, also known as lipid, is one of the three types of nutrients used as energy sources by the body. The energy… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 46fat — fat1 [ fæt ] adjective ** 1. ) a person or animal that is fat has too much flesh on their body and weighs too much: He s got a rather fat face. get fat: She can eat whatever she likes and she never gets fat. 2. ) a fat object is thicker than… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 47fat — [[t]fæ̱t[/t]] ♦♦ fatter, fattest, fats 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that a person or animal is fat, you mean that they have a lot of flesh on their body and that they weigh too much. You usually use the word fat when you think that this …

    English dictionary

  • 48fat — /fæt / (say fat) adjective (fatter, fattest) 1. having much flesh other than muscle; fleshy; corpulent; obese. 2. having much edible flesh; well fattened: to kill a fat lamb. 3. consisting of, resembling, or containing fat. 4. having a large… …

  • 49fat — [[t]fæt[/t]] n. adj. fat•ter, fat•test, v., fat•ted, fat•ting 1) anat. any of several oily solids or semisolids that are water insoluble esters of glycerol with fatty acids and are the chief component of animal adipose tissue and many plant seeds …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50Fat 40 — The Fat 40 is a weekly countdown show on The Edge FM in New Zealand played every Saturday afternoon at 2PM. The show is currently hosted by the Drivetime announcers Fletch and Vaughan and plays the Top 40 songs for the week on The Edge.The Edge… …

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