English noun: blubber |
1. | blubber (substance) an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil |
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| Broader (hypernym) | animal oil |
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2. | blubber (attribute) excess bodily weight |
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| Samples | She disliked fatness in herself as well as in others.
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| Synonyms | avoirdupois, fat, fatness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bodily property |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abdominousness, adiposeness, adiposity, corpulency, fattiness, fleshiness, greasiness, obesity, oiliness, oleaginousness, paunchiness, steatopygia |
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| Antonyms | leanness, spareness, thinness |
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