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fat

  • adjective
  • /ˈfæt/

bulbous; rotund.

Other meanings

  1. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich said of food.

  2. fertile; productive.

    “a fat soil; a fat pasture”

Word history

From Old English "fǣtt" (fatted, fat).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.