'Fatty' definitions:
Definition of 'fatty'
From: WordNet
adjective
Containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [syn: fatty, fat] [ant: fat-free, fatless, nonfat]
noun
A rotund individual [syn: fatso, fatty, fat person, roly-poly, butterball] [ant: scrag, skin and bones, thin person]
Definition of 'Fatty'
From: GCIDE
- Fatty \Fat"ty\, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. [1913 Webster]
- Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances.
- Fatty clays. See under Clay.
- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.
- Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.
- Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
- Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fatty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adipose,
- blimp,
- blubbery,
- buttery,
- butyraceous,
- chrismal,
- chrismatory,
- fat,
- greasy,
- heavy,
- heavyweight,
- hippo,
- lardaceous,
- lardy,
- lump,
- mucoid,
- oily,
- oleaginous,
- oleic,
- potbelly,
- rich,
- roly-poly,
- sebaceous,
- sleek,
- slick,
- slippery,
- smooth,
- soapy,
- suety,
- swagbelly,
- tallowy,
- tub,
- tub of lard,
- tun,
- unctuous,
- unguent,
- unguentary,
- unguentous
Words containing 'Fatty'
- Fattiness,
- Fatty acid,
- Fatty clays,
- Fatty degeneration,
- Fatty heart,
- Fatty infiltration,
- Fatty liver,
- Fatty series,
- Fatty tumor,
- fatty acids,
- fatty oil,
- fatty tissue,
- monounsaturated fatty acid,
- polyunsaturated fatty acid,
- saturated fatty acid,
- trans fatty acid,
- unsaturated fatty acid,
- omega-3 fatty acid,
- omega-6 fatty acid