Fat vs. Plumb — What's the Difference?

In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.The term often refers specifically to triglycerides (triple esters of glycerol), that are the main components of vegetable oils and of fatty tissue in animals; or, even more narrowly, to triglycerides that are solid or semisolid at room temperature, thus excluding oils. The term may also be used more broadly as a synonym of lipid—any substance of biological relevance, composed of carbon, hydrogen, or oxygen, that is insoluble in water but soluble in non-polar solvents.

Measure (the depth of a body of water)

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs

Test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical

Any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature and are the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat

Install an appliance such as a bath, toilet, or washing machine and connect to water and drainage pipes

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh

A ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.

Large in bulk or circumference

Exactly

Make or become fat

Vertically

The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.

Vertical

Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.

A weight on the end of a line, used to determine water depth.

A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.

A weight on the end of a line, used especially by masons and carpenters to establish a true vertical.

Animal tissue containing such substances.

In a vertical or perpendicular line.

A solidified animal or vegetable oil.

(Informal) Directly; squarely

Obesity; corpulence

Also plum(Informal) Utterly; completely

Unnecessary excess

Exactly vertical.

Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.

Also plum(Informal) Utter; absolute; sheer

Full of fat or oil; greasy.

To determine the depth of with a plumb; sound.

Abounding in desirable elements

To test the verticality or alignment of with a plumb.

Fertile or productive; rich

To straighten or make perpendicular

Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked

To examine closely or deeply; probe

Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding

To seal with lead.

Prosperous; wealthy

To outfit with or connect to a plumbing system

Thick; large

To work as a plumber.

Puffed up; swollen

Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.

To make or become fat; fatten.

(cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.

Thick; large.

(informal) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.

Bulbous; rotund.

A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

Bountiful.

(nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich said of food.

The perpendicular direction or position.

(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.

Fertile; productive.

To attach to a water supply and drain.

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.

To accurately align vertically or horizontally.

(golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.

(dated) To seal something with lead.

(theatre) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.

(intransitive) To work as a plumber.

Alternative form of phat

(rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.

(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.

To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.

Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.

(nautical) To position vertically above or below.

(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.

A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

(slang) An erection.

In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)

To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

The best or richest productions; the best part.

To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.

Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.

To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.

A fat person.

To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

A beef cattle fattened for sale.

The metal bob of a plumb line

(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

Measure the depth of something

(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Weight with lead

To make fat; to fatten.

Examine thoroughly and in great depth

To become fat; to fatten.

Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

To hit a golf ball with a fat shot.

Exactly vertical;

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

Completely; used as intensifiers;

A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

Conforming to the direction of a plumb line

An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.

Exactly;

The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

Abounding with fat

Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; - said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.

To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);

A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs;

Excess bodily weight;

Make fat or plump;

Having much flesh (especially fat);

Having a relatively large diameter;

Containing or composed of fat;

Lucrative;

Marked by great fruitfulness;

A chubby body;