fattener

fattener
noun see fatten

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • fatten — verb (fattened; fattening) Date: circa 1552 transitive verb 1. a. to make fat, fleshy, or plump; especially to feed (as a stock animal) for slaughter b. to make more substantial 2. to make fertile intransitive verb to become fat • fattener …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • fatten — /ˈfætn/ (say fatn) verb (t) 1. to make fat. 2. to feed for slaughter. 3. to enrich; make fertile. 4. Poker to increase the number of chips in (a pot). –verb (i) 5. Chiefly US to grow fat. {fat + t + en1} –fattener, noun …  

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