flab
/flæb/
flab noun: soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
Noun
flab (usually uncountable, plural flabs)
- Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
- Synonyms:
- spare tire, spare tyre, roll of fat
flab meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
flab in Tamil
- ஊளைச் சதை
flab in Malayalam
- excessive weight, fat, fatness
- കൊഴുപ്പ്, മേദസ്, ദുർമേദസ്സ്, ശരീരത്തിൽ അടിഞ്ഞുകൂടുന്ന മേദസ്, അമിതവണ്ണം, അമിതമായ ശരീരഭാരം
Synonyms of flab
- spare tire
- spare tyre
- roll of fat
Forms of flab
| plural | flabs |
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Origin of flab
Back-formation from flabby.
Words that rhyme with flab
Questions about flab
- What does flab mean?
- Flab means soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
- What is flab in Tamil?
- Flab in Tamil is ஊளைச் சதை. See Flab meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is flab?
- Flab is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flab?
- Flab is pronounced /flæb/.
- What is the plural of flab?
- The plural of flab is flabs.
Words near flab in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flab (page history and authors); flab (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flab (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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