(~ter, ~test, ~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that a person or animal is ~, you mean that they have a lot of flesh on their body and that they weigh too much. You usually use the word ~ when you think that this is a bad thing.
I could eat what I liked without getting ~...
After five minutes, the ~ woman in the seat in front of me was asleep.
= overweight
? thin
ADJ disapproval
~ness
No one knows whether a child’s tendency towards ~ness is inherited or due to the food he eats.
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2.
Fat is the extra flesh that animals and humans have under their skin, which is used to store energy and to help keep them warm.
Because you’re not burning calories, everything you eat turns to ~.
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3.
Fat is a solid or liquid substance obtained from animals or vegetables, which is used in cooking.
When you use oil or ~ for cooking, use as little as possible.
...vegetable ~s, such as coconut oil and palm oil.
N-MASS
4.
Fat is a substance contained in foods such as meat, cheese, and butter which forms an energy store in your body.
An easy way to cut the amount of ~ in your diet is to avoid eating red meats...
Most low-~ yogurts are about 40 calories per 100g.
N-MASS
5.
A ~ object, especially a book, is very thick or wide.
...’Europe in Figures’, a ~ book published on September 22nd...
= thick
? thin, slim
ADJ
6.
A ~ profit or fee is a large one. (INFORMAL)
They are set to make a big ~ profit.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
If you say that there is ~ chance of something happening, you mean that you do not believe that it will happen. (INFORMAL, mainly SPOKEN)
‘Would your car be easy to steal?’—‘Fat chance. I’ve got a device that shuts down the gas and ignition.’
PHRASE: oft PHR of n feelings