meat

Meat is a food that comes from mammals, or hair-covered animals that feed their young milk. (noun)

An example of meat is a steak.

Meat is the inside of something or the part that has the most value or interest. (noun)

Meat is vulgar slang for a person’s body, in a strictly sexual view. (noun)

An example of meat is how a woman might describe her younger boyfriend.

See meat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

food; esp., solid food, as distinguished from drink: now archaic or dialectal except in
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
the edible, inner part: the meat of a nut
the substance, meaning, or gist: the meat of a story
one's quarry
Archaic a meal, esp. dinner

See meat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(mēt)

noun

The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.
The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
The essence, substance, or gist: the meat of the editorial.
Slang Something that one enjoys or excels in; a forte: Tennis is his meat.
Nourishment; food: “Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink” (Edna St. Vincent Millay).
Vulgar Slang
a. The human body regarded as an object of sexual desire.
b. The genitals.

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