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a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat" a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks" endomorphic having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn''t remembered how fat she was" abdominous, blubbery, buxom, compact, corpulent, double-chinned, dumpy, fattish, fleshy, gross, portly marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" fruitful lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" profitable having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope" thick excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others" a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" adipose, buttery, greasy, suety, superfatted |
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