Fat vs. Round — 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.

Being such that every part of the surface or the circumference is equidistant from the center

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

Moving in or forming a circle.

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

Shaped like a cylinder; cylindrical.

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

Rather rounded in shape

Large in bulk or circumference

Full in physique; plump

Make or become fat

(Linguistics) Formed or articulated with the lips in a rounded shape

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

Full in tone; sonorous.

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

Whole or complete; full

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.

(Mathematics) Having been rounded.

Animal tissue containing such substances.

Not exact, especially when expressed as a multiple of 10; approximate

A solidified animal or vegetable oil.

Large; considerable

Obesity; corpulence

Brought to satisfactory conclusion or completion; finished.

Unnecessary excess

Outspoken; blunt

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

Done with full force; unrestrained

Full of fat or oil; greasy.

Something, such as a circle, disk, globe, or ring, that is round.

Abounding in desirable elements

A circle formed of various things.

Fertile or productive; rich

Movement around a circle or about an axis.

Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked

A rung or crossbar, as one on a ladder or chair.

Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding

A cut of beef from the part of the thigh between the rump and the shank.

Prosperous; wealthy

An assembly of people; a group.

Thick; large

A round dance.

Puffed up; swollen

A complete course, succession, or series

To make or become fat; fatten.

Often rounds A course of customary or prescribed actions, duties, or places

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

A complete range or extent.

Thick; large.

One drink for each person in a gathering or group

Bulbous; rotund.

A single outburst, as of applause or cheering.

Bountiful.

A single shot or volley.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich said of food.

Ammunition for a single shot or volley.

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

A specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance to a target in archery.

Fertile; productive.

Sports & Games A unit of play that occupies a specified time, constitutes a certain number of plays, or allows each player a turn, especially the 18-hole sequence played in golf or one of the periods in a boxing match.

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

(Music) A composition for two or more voices in which each voice enters at a different time with the same melody.

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

To make round or curved

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

(Linguistics) To pronounce with rounded lips; labialize.

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

To fill out; make plump.

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

To bring to completion or perfection; finish. Often used with out or off

Alternative form of phat

(Mathematics) To approximate (a real number) by a nearby rational number with a specified level of precision. When rounded to the nearest hundred, 286 becomes 300. When rounded to the nearest tenth, 1.63 becomes 1.6.

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

To make a turn about or to the other side of

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

To make a complete circuit of; go or pass around

(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.

(Archaic) To encompass; surround:

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

To become round or curved.

(slang) An erection.

To take a circular course; complete or partially complete a circuit

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

To turn about, as on an axis

The best or richest productions; the best part.

To become filled out or plump.

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

To develop into satisfactory completion or perfection

A fat person.

To whisper.

A beef cattle fattened for sale.

In a circular progression or movement; around.

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

With revolutions

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

To a specific place or person

To make fat; to fatten.

Around.

To become fat; to fatten.

From the beginning to the end of; throughout

To hit a golf ball with a fat shot.

(physical) Of shape:

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

Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

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.

Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

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

Plump.

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

Complete, whole, not lacking.

Abounding with fat

(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

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

(phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.

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

Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.

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

Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.

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.

Large in magnitude.

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

Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.

To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

(architecture) Vaulted.

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

A circular or spherical object or part of an object.

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

A circular or repetitious route.

Excess bodily weight;

A general outburst from a group of people at an event.

Make fat or plump;

A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.

Having much flesh (especially fat);

A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.

Having a relatively large diameter;

A single individual portion or dose of medicine.

Containing or composed of fat;

One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).

Lucrative;

(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.

Marked by great fruitfulness;

A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.

A chubby body;

(sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.

A stage, level, set of events in a game

(sports) A stage in a competition.

(sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.

(video games) A stage or level of a game.

(cards) The play after each deal.

A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.

A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

(butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.

(dated) A rung, as of a ladder.

A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.

A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.

A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

A circular dance.

Rotation, as in office; succession.

A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.

An assembly; a group; a circle.

A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

(archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.

(nautical) A round-top.

A round of beef.

A whisper; whispering.

Discourse; song.

Alternative form of around

Alternative form of around

(transitive) To shape something into a curve.

(intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.

(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

(intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

(transitive) To turn past a boundary.

(intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

To advance to home plate.

(transitive) To go round, pass, go past.

To encircle; to encompass.

To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

To do ward rounds.

To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

To go or turn round; to wheel about.

To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

To whisper.

To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.

To surround; to encircle; to encompass.

To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.

To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.

To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

To go round, as a guard.

To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.

Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.

Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.

Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; - said of numbers.

Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.

Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.

Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, 11.

Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.

Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; - said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.

Complete and consistent; fair; just; - applied to conduct.

Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].

A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.

A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.

A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

One work cycle, consisting of drilling blast holes, loading them with explosive, blasting, mucking out, and, if necessary, installing temporary support.

A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

A complete set of plays in a game or contest covering a standard number of individual plays or parts; as, a round of golf; a round of tennis.

One set of games in a tournament.

The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.

A circular dance.

That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.

Rotation, as in office; succession.

The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.

A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; - usually in the plural.

A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.

A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

A vessel filled, as for drinking; as, to drink a round od ale together.

An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.

See Roundtop.

Same as Round of beef, below.

On all sides; around.

Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.

In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.

From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, - that is, to change sides or opinions.

By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.

Through a circle, as of friends or houses.

Roundly; fully; vigorously.

On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.

A charge of ammunition for a single shot

An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs;

A regular route for a sentry or policeman;

(often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order);

The activity of playing 18 holes of golf;

The usual activities in your day;

(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive

The course along which communications spread;

A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic);

A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg

A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time;

An outburst of applause;

A crosspiece between the legs of a chair

Any circular or rotating mechanism;

Wind around; move along a circular course;

Make round;

Be around;

Pronounce with rounded lips

Attack in speech or writing;

Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;

Express as a round number;

Become round, plump, or shapely;

Having a circular shape

(of sounds) full and rich;

(of numbers) to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand;

From beginning to end; throughout;