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banting

banting noun: a diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.

Noun

banting (uncountable)

  1. (UK, archaic, informal) A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.
    • Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.1932, Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems

Proper noun capitalized: Banting

Banting

  1. A surname.

Origin of banting

Named after William Banting.

Words formed from banting

Questions about banting

What does banting mean?
Banting means a diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.
What part of speech is banting?
Banting can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near banting in the dictionary

  1. Bantian
  2. Bantick
  3. Banticks
  4. banties
  5. bantigue
  6. banting
  7. Bantingism
  8. Bantingize
  9. Bantingized
  10. Bantingizes
  11. Bantingizing

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