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meat Definition

meat (mēt)

noun

  1. food; esp., solid food, as distinguished from drink: now archaic or dialectal except in meat and drink
    1. the flesh of animals used as food; esp., the flesh of mammals and, sometimes, of fowl
    2. Informal the flesh () of a person not much meat on her bones
  3. the edible, inner part the meat of a nut
  4. the substance, meaning, or gist the meat of a story
  5. one's quarry
  6. Archaic a meal, esp. dinner

Etymology: ME mete < OE < Gmc *mad-, food, meat < IE base *mad-, to be moist, trickle > mast, Gr mastos, breast

meat Idioms

one's meat

☆

Slang something that one especially enjoys or is skillful at

meat Synonyms

meat

n.

  1. Animal flesh

    food, flesh, veal, mutton, lamb, chicken, turkey, goose, duck, rabbit, venison, goat's meat, horsemeat; see also beef 1, pork.

    Cuts and types of meat include: roast, cutlet, steak, filet, leg, shoulder, loin, sirloin, tenderloin, rib, short rib, round, rump, chuck, brisket, plate, skirt, shank, flank, chop; liver, brains, kidneys, heart, bacon, ham, tripe, oxtail, sausage, frankfurter, hamburger; ground, chipped, dried, jerked, salt, pickled.

  2. Grades of meats include: prime, choice, select, standard, commercial, utility.

  3. Substance

    gist, heart of the matter, import, meaning, crux, content.

meat Usage Examples

Possessives

butcher: Middle Ages Food - Lamb and Veal Of all butchers ' meat, veal was reckoned the best.

Converse of object

  • eat: We wear leather shoes, eat meat, drink milk, why not make use of the skins, too?
  • mince: Fresh minced meat also does nothing for the cat's teeth.
  • cook: Don't put raw meat products next to cooked or partially cooked meat on the barbecue.
  • halal: Vise president Terry Sanderson was on BBC Radio London on Thursday, talking about arguments over halal meat in school dinners.

Adjective modifier

  • lean: The reward is rich, lean meat with an incomparable richness of flavor.
  • raw: Most lizards eat a variety of foods; some like large monitors eat raw meat, whilst others eat only insects.
  • processed: One of the most recent was how eating too much red and processed meat could increase the risk of bowel cancer.
  • grilled: An excllent wine to drink with grilled red meats.
  • undercooked: Raw or undercooked meat Make sure you only eat meat that has been well cooked.
  • red: Don't eat red meat more than once a day.

Modifies a noun

  • eater: Strict vegetarians are more likely to have a high H score than meat eaters.
  • pie: Her mother also made meat pies for her to take to work.
  • cleaver: Have you ever wondered how the Bludgers came into existence or why Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their robes?
  • hygiene: In addition the VFS is involved in consumer protection especially in relation to meat hygiene and diseases communicable between people and animals.
  • dish: She's even been known to prepare some excellent meat dishes occasionally!

Noun used with modifier

  • luncheon: All of Chris's fish came to small pieces of luncheon meat fished over carp pellets.
  • poultry: Ten years ago, the UK imported about 1000 tons of poultry meat.
  • roast: Meat was usually boiled, although by the 1880s, some workhouses served roast meat.
  • sausage: This delicious sausage meat can be fried or grilled.