meat
- noun
- /miːt/
- We decided to grill some fresh meat for dinner.
- eat meat
- meat and fish
- kosher meat
It drove that white meat, that breast meat demand.
- It drove that white meat, that breast meat demand.
- Hey, do you like pepper on meat, not on fruit.
- It's a sorry, they said it's not whale meat, it's shark meat.
- So it's just not the same meat as grass fed meat was long ago.
- I can get grass fed meat that looks good.
- That undercooked meat is bad for cats.
- But during that time, meat plants cease to operate.
- So they there's no meat in an Impossible burger.
- And he would really push the no meat, just fish.
- And in terms of products that satisfy meat eaters, so far that's it.
Examples
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It's a sorry, they said it's not whale meat, it's shark meat.
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I can get grass fed meat that looks good.
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The next one is meat, as in the meat that you eat.
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And so we had the meat and it was terrible.
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During the same time, global demand for meat products increased and continues to increase.
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If the problem is that meat is the only food available, the religious must eat.
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The other thing is that the meat is so much nicer.
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A dog was found dead after eating horse meat, but the epidemiologic link is unknown.
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This is donor kebab meat with cheese on toast.
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Ms. Hendrich merely stated that the consumption of red meat should be reduced, not eliminated.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
Soft part of a human or animal body between the skin and bones made of muscle and fat
Idioms
- Informal
To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick
Compounds
Meat from the legs and thighs of a bird that is darker and juicier than breast meat
- Informal
Food whose type or where it comes from you cannot tell, often served in cafeterias
- Literature
A situation that causes a lot of harm and suffering to people over time
- Offensive
A place where employers quickly judge job seekers like products
- Jargon
Buttons or links that hide their function so users must guess what they do
How Lean
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meat comes from an old English word mete that meant 'food' or 'meal', so long ago it could mean any kind of food. That's why today meat usually means the flesh of animals that we eat.