You can make 5 words from fat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of fat
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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fat. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fat.
Definitions and meaning of fat
fat
Translingual
Symbol
fat
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fante.
Pronunciation
enPR: făt, IPA(key): /fæt/
Rhymes: -æt
Homophone: phat
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishfat, from Old Englishfǣtt(“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic*faitid(“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan(“to make fat”), from *fait(“fat”).
Adjective
fat (comparativefatter, superlativefattest)
Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
1932, New Orleans (La.) Board of Health, Vox Sanitatis
While Hennessey is pouring the milk, the fat guy with the big pot-belly, will come over and write a lot of junk in his little book.
Thick; large.
Bulbous; rotund.
Bountiful.
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
1855 July 21, Ralph Waldo Emerson, letter to Walter Whitman
making our western wits fat & mean
Fertile; productive.
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
, "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected"
persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture
(dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
(golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
(theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
(slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.
(computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
Alternative form of phat
Synonyms
(carrying a larger than normal amount of fat): chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed; see also Thesaurus:obese
(thick): thick
(bountiful): bountiful, prosperous
Antonyms
Of sense (antonym(s) of "carrying a larger than normal amount of fat"): lean, skinny, slender, slim, thin
Derived terms
Descendants
Sranan Tongo: fatu
Translations
Noun
fat (usually uncountable, pluralfats)
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
Hyponym:blubber
Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
(slang) An erection.
(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
The best or richest productions; the best part.
(dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
(informal, derogatory) A fat person.
1996, Roger Stone, "Local Swing Fever", highlighted by National Enquirer in September 1996 and Daily Mail in January 2019
Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.
A beef cattle fattened for sale.
Synonyms
(animal tissue): adipose tissue, lard (in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat), suet(perivisceral type)
(substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat): grease, lard
(fat person): fatty, fatso see also Thesaurus:fat person
Derived terms
Descendants
Sranan Tongo: fatu
Translations
See also
fat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
lipic
lipid
Verb
fat (third-person singular simple presentfats, present participlefatting, simple past and past participlefatted)
(transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
(intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
(transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishfat, from Old Englishfæt(“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic*fatą(“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European*pod-(“vessel”). Cognate with Dutchvat(“barrel, vessel”), GermanFass(“barrel, drum”), Swedishfat(“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.
Noun
fat (pluralfats)
(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
Synonyms
vat
Derived terms
keelfat
Translations
See also
fat choy(etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
AFT, ATF, FTA, TAF, TFA, Taf, aft, aft-, taf
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinfātum. Jolk claims a derivation from Gothicfadi-
From Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih*pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Austronesian*Səpat.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fat
imperative of fata
References
“fat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*fait. Cognates include Old Saxon*fēt and Old Norsefeitr.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfat/
Hyphenation: fat
Noun
fatm
fat
Descendants
Saterland Frisian: Fat
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*fatą.
Noun
fatn
vessel, cup
Declension
Romagnol
Verb
fat
past participle of fêr(“to do”)
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisianfatt, from Proto-West Germanic*faitid. Cognates include West Frisianfet and Germanfett.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fat/
Hyphenation: fat
Rhymes: -at
Adjective
fat (masculinefatten, feminine, plural or definitefatte, comparativefatter, superlativefatst)
fat
fattened
Related terms
Fat
References
Marron C. Fort (2015) “fat”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Slavomolisano
Etymology
Borrowed from Italianfatto.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fât/
Noun
fatm
story
Declension
References
Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norsefat, from Proto-Germanic*fatą, from Proto-Indo-European*pod-.
Pronunciation
Noun
fatn
saucer; a small dish
plate, platter (for serving food rather than eating from)
barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
barrel; a unit of volume, usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters
Declension
Derived terms
(saucer):tefat
(serving dish):serveringsfat, kakfat
(barrel; container):fatöl
Idioms
ha någons huvud på ett fat(“have someone's head on a platter”)
det ligger någon i fatet(“it's in someone's plate”)(about something that is, or is by others perceived as, an obstacle (physical or mental) to someone)
References
fat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
fat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
fat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tày
Pronunciation
(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [faːt̚˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [faːt̚˦]
Etymology 1
Adjective
fat
sick
Etymology 2
Verb
fat
to ferment
to become
References
Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
Tboli
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine*əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Austronesian*Səpat.
Numeral
fat
four
Volapük
Etymology
From GermanVater or Englishfather.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fat/
Noun
fat (nominative pluralfats)
father
Declension
Derived terms
fatül
lefat
lüfat
Wolof
Pronunciation
Verb
fat
to shelter
References
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 19
Yamdena
Alternative forms
fate
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Austronesian*Səpat.