"big-boned" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-big-boned.wav Forms: more big-boned [comparative], most big-boned [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} big-boned (comparative more big-boned, superlative most big-boned)
  1. Of a person or animal: large but not obese.
    Sense id: en-big-boned-en-adj-JtAvVdYU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 91 9
  2. (humorous or euphemistic) Fat, obese. Tags: euphemistic, humorous Categories (topical): Obesity Translations (Translations): storvuxen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-big-boned-en-adj-2Ne3X0O3 Disambiguation of Obesity: 31 69 Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'Translations': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: big boned

Alternative forms

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