"fatberg" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfætbɜːɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfætbɝɡ/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-fatberg.oga Forms: fatbergs [plural]
Etymology: From fat + berg, modelled on iceberg. Etymology templates: {{refn|On display at the Museum of London in London, England, UK.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{compound|en|fat|berg}} fat + berg Head templates: {{en-noun}} fatberg (plural fatbergs)
  1. A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers. Wikipedia link: Museum of London Translations (large accumulation of fat, etc., which clogs sewers): vetberg (Afrikaans), 油脂山 (yóuzhīshān) (Chinese Mandarin), tukovec [masculine] (Czech), vetberg [masculine] (Dutch), rasvalasu (Estonian), rasvatukos (Finnish), fatberg [masculine] (French), Fettberg [masculine] (German), פאטברג (Hebrew), zsírhegy (Hungarian), fatberg (Portuguese), fatberg (Spanish), fettberg [neuter] (Swedish), жирберг (žyrberh) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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