fatten
verb (used with object)
to make fat.
fattener
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a word derived from
fatten.
Example Sentences
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In latter-day Internationals, when yearlings began to carry off top honors, the Angus, a fast fattener, was again & again the favorite.
From Time Magazine Archive
Worms and other slithery kinds of bait are packaged in ventilated 8-oz. cups with a bedding of moist paper shot through with feed, fattener and conditioner.
From Time Magazine Archive
And in latter-day International shows when it became fashionable for yearlings to carry off top honors, the Angus, a fast fattener, was again & again the favorite.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another cost fattener: Federal Trade Commission rules on discounting, required by the Robinson-Patman Act, involve so much red tape that they discourage wholesalers from giving price breaks to supermarkets that place large orders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides, it is a valuable tonic and fattener.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
