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fat-washing

fat-washing is the present participle and gerund of fat-wash.

fat-washing is the alternative form of fat washing.

Meaning of fat-wash

Verb

fat-wash (third-person singular simple present fat-washes, present participle fat-washing, simple past and past participle fat-washed)

  1. To subject (an alcohol) to fat washing.

Meaning of fat washing

Noun

fat washing (uncountable)

  1. The process of infusing fat into alcohol to impart a fatty flavour and 'creaminess' (typically then removing the fat itself, for example by freezing and/or straining).

Questions about fat-washing

What is fat-washing the present participle and gerund of?
Fat-washing is the present participle and gerund of fat-wash.

Words near fat-washing in the dictionary

  1. fat-tailed sheep
  2. fat-tails
  3. fat-wash
  4. fat-washed
  5. fat-washes
  6. fat-washing
  7. fat-witted
  8. FAT12
  9. FAT16
  10. FAT32
  11. FAT64

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fat-washing (page history and authors); fat-wash (page history and authors); fat washing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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