Whale-fat
1fat — 1. adjective 1) a fat man Syn: obese, overweight, plump, stout, chubby, portly, flabby, paunchy, pot bellied, corpulent; informal tubby; Brit.; informal podgy 2) fat bacon Syn …
2Whale — Whales are marine mammals which are neither dolphins (i.e. members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor porpoises. Orcas (Killer Whales) and Pilot whales have whale in their name, though they are dolphins for the purpose of… …
3whale oil — oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles. [1400 50; late ME] * * * ▪ oil also called train oil any oil derived from any species of whale, including sperm oil from sperm… …
4whale — whale1 /hwayl, wayl/, n., pl. whales, (esp. collectively) whale, v., whaled, whaling. n. 1. any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, esp. as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs… …
5whale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cetacean; finback; blue, humpback, killer, sperm, sulphur bottom, or right whale; orca, rorqual, narwhal, blackfish, dolphin, porpoise, grampus; Moby Dick; informal, whopper. See size, animal. II… …
6Fat — This article is about the type of nutrient in food. For fat in humans and animals, see Adipose tissue. For other uses, see Fat (disambiguation). Types of fats in food Unsaturated fat Monounsaturated fat Polyunsaturated fat …
7fat and oil processing — ▪ chemistry Introduction method by which animal and plant substances are prepared for eating by humans. The oil and fat products used for edible purposes can be divided into two distinct classes: liquid oils, such as olive oil, peanut …
8fat as a beached whale — phr. very, very fat. (Often with as.) □ That dame is as fat as a beached whale …
9whale — 1. n. a very fat person. (Cruel.) □ Tracy is getting to be such a whale. □ Well, Gert’s the whale if you ask me. 2. n. a drunkard; a person with an enormous capacity for liquor. □ Arthur is getting to be a regular whale. What does he drink? …
10fat — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, Haliver Oil, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, adipose, adipose tissue, advantageous, affluent, all sufficing, ample, animal oil, animal oils, aplenty, asinine, balmy, banausic, become overweight,… …
