baby fat
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The natural fat on the body of a child or young animal that normally disappears at adolescence.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Baby beef is the term applied to young (15 months or under) very fat and light beeves that have been on full feed practically from birth, never having been allowed to lose their baby fat."
- "You can see a father's selfish genes at work in baby fat. Most mammals come into the world as skin and bones and quickly put on padding afterward."
- "While some new mothers can dismiss baby fat as a rite of passage, entertainers are expected to bounce back to their former thin, glamorous selves at lightning speed."
- "I want to lose the baby fat! I am now 19 pounds away from my goal and I really wish I would have known how important it was to be back to my original weight before getting pregnant!"
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.