fat farm

fat farm
noun
a health spa that specializes in helping people lose weight
• Hypernyms: ↑health spa, ↑spa, ↑health club

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noun
: a health spa that specializes in weight reduction

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Informal.
a sanitarium or a resort that specializes in helping people lose weight.
[1965-70]

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fat farm UK US noun [countable] [singular fat farm plural fat farms] informal
a place where people can go to try to lose weight by eating in a healthy way and doing a lot of exercise
Thesaurus: dieting and dietary choiceshyponym buildings and areas for entertainment and leisurehyponym general words meaningto eatsynonym

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fat farm,
U.S. Slang. a health resort or spa for overweight people.

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n. informal a residential establishment where overweight people seek improved health by dieting, exercise, and treatment

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noun, pl ⋯ farms [count]
chiefly US informal : a place where people go to lose weight by eating a special diet, exercising, etc.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • fat farm — fat .färm n a health spa that specializes in weight reduction …   Medical dictionary

  • fat farm — n AmE informal a place where people who are fat can go to lose weight and improve their health →↑health farm …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fat farm — fat ,farm noun count INFORMAL a place where people can go to try to lose weight by eating in a healthy way and doing a lot of exercise …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • fat farm — fat′ farm n. sl. cvb inf a sanitarium or a resort that specializes in helping people lose weight • Etymology: cvb 1965–70 …   From formal English to slang

  • fat farm — ☆ fat farm n. Informal a resort or spa where well to do people go to lose weight through a regimen of diet and exercise …   English World dictionary

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  • fat farm — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fat farm : singular fat farm plural fat farms informal a place where people can go to try to lose weight by eating in a healthy way and doing a lot of exercise …   English dictionary

  • fat farm — noun (C) AmE informal a place where people who are fat can go to lose weight and improve their health compare health farm …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fat farm — /ˈfæt fam/ (say fat fahm) noun Colloquial a resort where one goes to lose weight …  

  • fat farm — n a health farm or slimming centre …   Contemporary slang

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