fat tuesday

Questions about fat tuesday

What does fat tuesday mean?

fat tuesday means "the last day before Lent". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fat tuesday?

Close synonyms include Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, pancake day, Mardi Gras. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fat tuesday a common word?

fat tuesday is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.