Definitions for FAT

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IPA: /fæt/

Fat is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in FAT (aft).

Definitions for FAT

noun

  1. any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
  2. animal tissue containing much of this substance; loose flesh; flabbiness:
  3. the richest or best part of anything.
  4. obesity; corpulence:
  5. Slang. especially profitable or advantageous work.
  6. an overabundance or excess; superfluity.
  7. action or lines in a dramatic part that permit an actor to display abilities.
  8. Also, phat. Also called lift. Typesetting. matter that can be composed easily and profitably, especially from standing type, illustrations, or the like: Compare lean2 (def 11).

Idioms

  1. a fat chance, Slang. a very slight chance; small probability:
  2. a fat lot, Slang. little or not at all:
  3. chew the fat. chew (def 11).
  4. the fat is in the fire, an irrevocable action or chain of events has been started; the die is cast: the decision, whether good or bad, has been made. the crisis is imminent.
  5. the fat of the land, the best or richest of anything obtainable:

adjective

  1. having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese:
  2. plump; well-fed:
  3. consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily:
  4. profitable, as an office:
  5. affording good opportunities, especially for gain:
  6. wealthy; prosperous; rich:
  7. big, broad, or extended; thick:
  8. plentiful; abundant:
  9. plentifully supplied:
  10. dull; stupid:
  11. abounding in a particular element:
  12. (of paint) having more oil than pigment. Compare lean2 (def 6).
  13. (of coal) highly bituminous; rich in volatile hydrocarbons.
  14. Ceramics. long1 (def 25).
  15. fertile, as land:

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become fat.

Origin of FAT

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fǣtt, orig. past participle of fǣtan to cram, load, adorn; cognate with Gothic fētjan to adorn; akin to vat

Examples for FAT

Give the proportions of fat and flour that may be used for pastry.

The fat man from behind the register had come to take his order.

About our Eric Garners—too fat, too scared, too noncompliant, too many kids—there are always, as Flagg knows well, excuses.

Green plants in pre-flowering stages may contain significant protein but not fat.

Lay the butterflied pork loin on the cutting board with the fat cap facing down.

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.

There—do you see that fat man that's just going out—him as has got on the Indy 'ankycher?

“One of the big misconceptions is that eating fat makes you fat, because it has more calories,” Asprey says.

Remove the fat and serve some of the nicest joints with the soup.

Strain the liquid from the veal and bones and remove the fat.

Word Value for FAT
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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