fatty

adjective fat·ty \ ˈfa-tē \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Examples: fatty in a Sentence

Definition of fatty

fattier; fattiest

1 : containing fat especially in unusual amounts

fatty foods

; also : unduly stout : corpulent

2 : greasy

3 : derived from or chemically related to fat

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fattiness

noun

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Examples of fatty in a Sentence

I try to avoid fatty foods.
fatty ground beef that was the cheapest available

Recent Examples of fatty from the Web

Vitamin D is also found in a few foods: cod liver oil, fatty fish like salmon, tuna, egg yolks and fortified cereal, milk and orange juice.

— NBC News, "Vitamin D may lower colon cancer risk, especially in women, study finds," 14 June 2018
Although research is limited on this, Drew recommends consuming anti-inflammatory Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of fatty fish including salmon, tuna and herring, and also from walnuts and flaxseeds.

— lori nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Chin Up: The body's second brain — the gut — and how to keep it healthy," 13 June 2018
Other common types of sarcoma are liposarcomas, which affect fatty tissue.

— julie landry laviolette, miamiherald, "Most of her sarcoma tumors melted away with this clinical trial treatment | Miami Herald," 23 May 2018
The bullet entered the back right side of his head and passed only through fatty tissue before existing on the rear left side, the doctors said.

— christopher m. matthews, WSJ, "A ‘Miracle’ in Texas: Star High School Baseball Player Survives Gunshot to the Head," 18 May 2018
Barnes, who specializes in nose and sinus problems, told the station that the surgical team took fatty tissue from Jackson's body and used it to plug a tiny hole between her skull and nostrils, where the brain fluid was leaking.

— lindsey bever, chicagotribune.com, "She was told her perpetually runny nose was from 'allergies.' It was a brain-fluid leak.," 9 May 2018
Horwitz recommends eating fatty fish every other day; vegetarians can sprinkle walnuts or flaxseed on cereal.

— kim tranell, Redbook, "Eat These Foods to Fight Allergies," 25 Feb. 2013
In this scenario, cardiac arrest happens only to people who binge on fatty foods or smoke too much or never exercise and do little to care for themselves.

— sandeep kapoor, STAT, "‘Angels in America’ again: It’s time to humanize addiction," 1 June 2018
This crafty bug—protein-and-sugar molecules embedded in a fatty coat around a bundle of genetic material—invades a cell and copies its genetic material, RNA, turning it into DNA and then inserting it into the nuclei of the host’s own cells.

— adam rogers, WIRED, "The Man Who Says Science Blew Its Best Shot at an AIDS Vaccine," 1 June 2018

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