Fat Definition
- cholesterol
- lipin
- shortening
- tallow
- hydrogenated vegetable fat
- lipid
- oil
- lard
- suet
- grease
- blubber
- flab
- adipose-tissue
- surplusage
- surplus
- Very little or none at all:
a fat lot of good it will do him.
- Very little or no chance.
- Bad consequences are sure to follow; trouble lies ahead.
- Desirable resources, especially when acquired with little effort:
I fantasized about buying a farm and living off the fat of the land.
- Very little or none at all:
a fat lot of good it will do him.
Other Word Forms of Fat
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Adjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fat
- a fat lot
- fat chance
- the fat is in the fire
- the fat of the land
- a fat lot
- fat chance
- the fat is in the fire
- the fat of the land
- a fat lot
- chew the fat
- a fat chance
- live off the fat of the land
- the fat is in the fire
Origin of Fat
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From Middle English, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijaną (“to make fat”), from *faitaz (“fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *poid- (“to abound in water, milk, or fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”). Cognate with German feist (“fatted, plump, obese”). Related also to Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), Swedish fet (“fat, oily, fatty”), Icelandic feitur (“fat”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat (“barrel, vessel”), German Fass (“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat (“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English fǣtt fatted peiə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English fǣtt fatted peiə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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