meat

  • 21Meat — For other uses, see Meat (disambiguation). Varieties of meat Meat is animal flesh that is used as food.[1] Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but …

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  • 22meat */*/*/ — UK [miːt] / US [mɪt] noun Word forms meat : singular meat plural meats Talking or writing about meat: beef the meat of a cow pork the meat of a pig chicken the meat of a hen turkey the meat of a turkey lamb the meat of a young sheep mutton the… …

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  • 23meat — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ bad, rancid, rotten, rotting ▪ That meat smells rotten. ▪ tender …

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  • 24meat —    1. a person viewed sexually    Male or female, heterosexually:     Away, you mouldy rogue, away. I am meat for your master. (Shakespeare, 2 Henry N)    or homosexually:     Together, he and Jimmy had shared some of the choicest meat inside the …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 25meat — /mi:t/ noun 1 (U) the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food: I gave up eating meat a few months ago. | meat pie 2 (C) a type of meat: a selection of cold meats 3 (U) something that is interesting or important in a talk, book etc: The lecture… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26meat*/*/*/ — [miːt] noun [U] the flesh of an animal or bird that is eaten as food • Talking or writing about meat ■ beef the meat of a cow ■ chicken the meat of a chicken ■ game the meat of a wild animal or bird ■ lamb the meat of a young sheep ■ pork the… …

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  • 27meat — meatless, adj. /meet/, n. 1. the flesh of animals as used for food. 2. the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats. 3. the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux: The… …

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  • 28meat — n. 1) to broil (AE), grill; cook; cure; fry; roast meat 2) to carve, cut; slice meat 3) dark; fatty; fresh; halal; kosher; lean; raw; tender; tough; white meat 4) chopped (AE), ground (AE), minced (BE); soup meat 5) meat goes bad, spoils * * *… …

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  • 29meat — [[t]mi͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ meats 1) N MASS Meat is flesh taken from a dead animal that people cook and eat. Meat and fish are relatively expensive. ...imported meat products. ...a buffet of cold meats and salads. 2) → See also , red meat, white meat 3)… …

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  • 30meat — n. 1 the flesh of animals (esp. mammals) as food. 2 (foll. by of) the essence or chief part of. 3 US the edible part of fruits, nuts, eggs, shellfish, etc. 4 archaic a food of any kind. b a meal. Phrases and idioms: meat and drink a source of… …

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