Meaning & Definition of Fat in English

1. A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)

• "Pizza has too much fat"

2. A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy

• It also cushions and insulates vital organs

• "Fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"

3. Excess bodily weight

• "She disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"

1. Make fat or plump

• "We will plump out that poor starving child"

1. Having an (over)abundance of flesh

• "He hadn't remembered how fat she was"

2. Having a relatively large diameter

• "A fat rope"

3. Containing or composed of fat

• "Fatty food"

• "Fat tissue"

4. Lucrative

• "A juicy contract"

• "A nice fat job"

5. Marked by great fruitfulness

• "Fertile farmland"

• "A fat land"

• "A productive vineyard"

• "Rich soil"