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middle-age spread

middle-age spread noun: belly fat that develops in middle age.

Noun

middle-age spread (countable and uncountable, plural middle-age spreads)

  1. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) Belly fat that develops in middle age.

Forms of middle-age spread

pluralmiddle-age spreads

Questions about middle-age spread

What does middle-age spread mean?
Middle-age spread means belly fat that develops in middle age.
What part of speech is middle-age spread?
Middle-age spread is a noun.
What is the plural of middle-age spread?
The plural of middle-age spread is middle-age spreads.

Words near middle-age spread in the dictionary

  1. Middle West
  2. Middle White
  3. middle youth
  4. middle-ag'd
  5. middle-age
  6. middle-age spread
  7. middle-age spreads
  8. middle-aged
  9. middle-agedness
  10. middle-ageing
  11. middle-ager

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