Thesaurus
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fat
T
hesaurus
fat
English
Noun
Sense: specialized animal tissue with a high oil content
Synonyms
adipose tissue
blubber
fat
flab
(
informal
)
lard
speck
weight
Hyponyms
grease
oil
—
adeps
baby fat
puppy fat
Hypernyms
tissue
Holonyms
cream
ointment
soap
—
butter
crackling
margarine
rind
roux
shortening
wallop
(
archaic
)
—
fat person
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See also
Thesaurus:fat person
Thesaurus:obese
Thesaurus:overweight
Thesaurus:paunch
Further reading
“
356. oil
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
fat
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.