meat counter
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- noun
- /miːt ˈkaʊntər/
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- When we returned yesterday, we went to WF to stock up, and we noticed a new rating system in the meat counter.
- meat counter in the supermarket
Examples
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This is expected to shrink the long-term U.S. supply of meat and force up prices at the meat counter.
Blog text (13) -
Red lights over the meat counters or green lights over the vegetables can make the food look better and make you spend more.
Blog text (28) -
Someday he'll take over the meat counter.
Fiction book (1990) -
When she reached the meat counter, she said softly, "Hello, Emma."
Fiction book (1993) -
I probably need to find a source to buy grass-fed meat in bulk since buying it at the Whole Foods meat counter is not cheap.
Blog text (32) -
Bassignani worked as a union butcher for nearly three decades prior to the early 1960s, when he started up his own meat counter inside Ray's Food Center.
Blog text (20) -
At the meat counter, Le Grand Balu, your big salami, 89 cents an inch.
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During the time hog prices plummeted, the price of pork at the meat counter hardly moved (Kirksville, Missouri Daily Express, 1999).
Academic text (1999) -
I stopped by the meat counter to buy some steaks for the barbecue.
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The meat counter at the grocery store had fresh cuts of beef and chicken on display.
Synonyms
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1.3
A shop that sells fresh meat and poultry, sometimes fish
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A shop that sells meat such as beef and chicken
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A shop where animals are killed and meat is prepared and sold
How Stocked
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'meat' (animal flesh sold as food) + 'counter' (a serving/display surface); it denotes the counter where meat is displayed/sold. This noun+noun compound pattern is common in English and other languages (e.g., 'deli counter', 'cheese counter'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Meat counter comes from the simple idea of a counter where a butcher shows pieces of meat to customers. That's why it means 'a counter in a shop where meat is sold'.