4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\, n. (Physiol.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\ (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. [1913 Webster] {Adipose fin} (Zool.), a soft boneless fin. {Adipose tissue} (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat. [1913 Webster] Adiposeness From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adipose adj : composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 75 Moby Thesaurus words for "adipose": beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, blubbery, bosomy, brawny, burly, buttery, butyraceous, buxom, chrismal, chrismatory, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fatty, fleshy, full, greasy, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lardaceous, lardy, lusty, meaty, mucoid, obese, oily, oleaginous, oleic, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pursy, rich, roly-poly, rotund, sebaceous, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, suety, swollen, tallowy, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, well-fed
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