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Definition of flab noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flab

noun

/flæb/

/flæb/

[uncountable] (informal, disapproving)

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soft, loose fat covering a person’s body
- Fight the flab with exercise!
Word Origin1950s: back-formation from flabby.

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