full-fat

/ˌfʊl ˈfæt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌfʊl ˈfæt/ (ame, ipa)

full-fat — adjective

1. describing milk, yoghurt, cheese, or a similar dairy product that keeps all the

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing milk, yoghurt, cheese, or a similar dairy product that keeps all the fat the food has naturally, rather than having some of it taken out to make it lighter.

例句

Ravindra prefers full-fat milk in his morning coffee because the flavour is richer.

attributive: full-fat + dairy noun

The recipe calls for full-fat yoghurt so the sauce does not split when heated.

typical cooking context

同義詞
  • whole

    standard US term for milk; 'whole milk' is the everyday phrasing in American English.

  • full-cream

    British and Australian variant, mainly for milk.

  • regular

    informal, used on packaging to mean 'not reduced-fat'.

反義詞
  • low-fat

    some fat removed; common on yoghurt and milk labels.

  • reduced-fat

    contains less fat than the standard version, usually around half.

  • skimmed

    almost all fat removed; UK term (US: 'skim').

  • fat-free

    virtually no fat remains.

文法句型

full-fat + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used attributively before a dairy noun (milk, yoghurt, cream, cheese). Rarely placed after 'be' — say 'this milk is full-fat' only in informal speech; in writing prefer 'this is full-fat milk'.

常見錯誤

❌a full-fat steak
✅a fatty steak
💡'full-fat' is restricted to dairy products and similar processed foods, not naturally fatty meats.
❌The cream tastes full-fat.
✅The cream is full-fat.
💡the adjective describes the product's composition, not its flavour.