adipose

1. 1.

   composed of animal fat

   “adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat”

   Similarfatty

Questions about adipose

What does adipose mean?

adipose means "composed of animal fat".

How many syllables are in adipose?

adipose has 3 syllables: ad-i-pose. The stress falls on "ad". In IPA it is /ˈædəˌpoʊs/.

Is adipose a common word?

adipose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.