fat (English, noun)
expansion: fat (usually uncountable, plural fats)
Senses:
glosses: A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
tags: uncountable
usually
glosses: A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
tags: uncountable
usually
glosses: A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
tags: countable
usually
glosses: That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
tags: uncountable
usually
glosses: An erection.
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
tags: uncountable
usually
glosses: The best or richest productions; the best part.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
tags: dated
uncountable
usually
glosses: A fat person.
tags: derogatory
informal
uncountable
usually
glosses: A beef cattle fattened for sale.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: fats
tags: plural