transitive verb
-·fat′ted, -·fat′ting to remove all or most of the fat or fat content from (esp. food)
defat
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defat
transitive verb
de·fat·ted, de·fat·ting, de·fatsTo remove fat from: had to defat the chicken stock.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present defats, present participle defatting, simple past and past participle defatted)
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