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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(British, informal, archaic) A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods..
Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
Use banting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Banting means (British, informal, archaic) A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods..
Common synonyms include banteng, tsine, bos banteng.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
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