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# fatty

«fatty» in Mova's school dictionary: **containing a lot of fat: «fatty food», «fatty meat»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fatty, fattier, fattiest); noun (a fatty, fatties — rude)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fatty means containing a lot of fat: «fatty food», «fatty meat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#m1)

2) Fatty describes something made of fat: «fatty tissue», «fatty acids». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#m2)

3) (rude) «Fatty» is an insulting name for a fat person; using it is unkind and hurtful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and food lessons, fatty foods (chips, crisps, burgers) are eaten in small amounts for a balanced diet; some fats are needed. In science, «fatty acids» are parts of fats. In wellbeing lessons, name-calling such as «Fatty» is discussed as bullying. Phrases: «fatty foods», «fatty acids», «fatty meat».

### examples

- Chips and burgers are fatty foods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#x1)
- Eat fatty foods only now and then. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#x2)
- The dog chewed a fatty bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#x3)
- Fish oil contains fatty acids that are good for the brain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#x4)
- Calling someone «Fatty» is mean and is bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#x5)
- Cut off the fatty part of the bacon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/#x6)

### note

Comparative: fattier, fattiest (change y to i). As a name for a person it is rude and hurtful. «Fatty» (full of fat) is different from «fat» (a big body), though both come from «fat».

### In the corpora

- [Mammoths had a fatty hump on their backs that stored energy for the hard winters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fatty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.