white fat

American  

[wahyt fat] / ˈwaɪt ˈfæt /

noun

1. a type of adipose tissue found in mammals, made up of cells that contain a single droplet of fat: it is used to store energy and usually makes up the majority of fat in human bodies.

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Example Sentences

"We therefore asked how brown fat mass can be increased while simultaneously reducing bad white fat," says Bonn postdoctoral researcher and first author Dr. Laia Reverte-Salisa.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

Beneath the skin, the cords had left faint furrows in some animals' thick white fat.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2022

The crimson pieces of short rib, punctuated with a strip of white fat next to the bones, turned buttery after a few minutes on the grill.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021

The kids, black and white, fat and scrawny, stage a circus, fly down streets in runaway cars, fall in love.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2015

That evening I decided to write a poem on being white, fat, old and without children.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou