fatless

Without any grease

Fatless means containing no fat or having fat removed.

The term appears most often in cooking and nutrition contexts: fatless broth, fatless cuts of meat.

It's a straightforward compound—fat plus the suffix -less—though lean is more common in everyday speech.

cooking

skinless

Having no outer membrane

baked · broiled · poached · roasted · sautéed · blanched · braised · stir-fried · nonstick · degreased

physique

lean

Lacking fat; incline

  • tonedMuscularly firm and defined
  • trimRemove unwanted edges
  • slenderThin and graceful

svelte · sinewy · muscular · athletic · fit · sculpted · defined · wiry · lithe · spare

dietary

light

Visible electromagnetic radiation

low-calorie · diet · skimmed

foods

chicken breast

Fowl's pectoral meat

  • turkeyWattled North American fowl
  • fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
  • shrimpSmall edible crustacean

tofu · egg whites · legumes · vegetables · fruits · cottage cheese · yogurt · skim milk · lean beef · venison

Opposites
fat content in food/substances

fatlessfatty

High in lipids

greasy · oily · fat · buttery · rich

body composition/physique

fatlessfat

Adipose tissue

obese · corpulent · overweight · rotund · portly

Family

fat, fatty, fatness, fatten, fattening, fattened, nonfat, low-fat, fattener

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