fatty tissue

1. 1.

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

   “fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold”

   Synonymsadipose tissuefat

   Broaderanimal tissue

   Narrowerflabatheromacellulitepuppy fatmonsbellyspare tire

Questions about fatty tissue

What does fatty tissue mean?

fatty tissue means "a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs".

What is another word for fatty tissue?

Close synonyms include adipose tissue, fat. 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 fatty tissue a common word?

fatty tissue 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.