Usually means: Remove fat from food, substances.
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  1. defat: Merriam-Webster
  2. defat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. defat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. defat: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. defat: Wiktionary
  7. defat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. defat: Dictionary.com
  9. defat: FreeDictionary.org
  10. defat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. defat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. defat: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. defat: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (defat)

▸ verb:  To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents

Similar:
desolvate, delipidate, fatliquor, deparaffinate, defluidize, dephytinise, dewet, freeze-dry, dry clean, bake out, more...

Opposite:
fatten, plump, beef up, build up, strengthen

Types:
degrease, desaturate, detract, more...

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Similar:
desolvate, delipidate, fatliquor, deparaffinate, defluidize, dephytinise, dewet, freeze-dry, dry clean, bake out, more...

Opposite:
fatten, plump, beef up, build up, strengthen

Types:
degrease, desaturate, detract, more...



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