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meat
[ meet ]
noun
- the flesh of animals as used for food: in particular, mammals, especially livestock and game, and often including poultry and game birds. flesh ( def 1 ), muscle meat ( def ).
- the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut:
Crack the walnuts and remove the meats.
- the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux:
The meat of the play is the jealousy between the two brothers.
- solid food:
meat and drink.
- solid or substantial content; pith:
The article was full of meat, with few wasted words.
- a favorite occupation, activity, etc.:
Chess is his meat.
- Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pork, especially bacon.
- Slang: Vulgar. penis.
- Archaic. the principal meal:
to say grace before meat.
meat
/ ː /
noun
- the flesh of mammals used as food, as distinguished from that of birds and fish
- anything edible, esp flesh with the texture of meat
crab meat
- food, as opposed to drink
- the essence or gist
- an archaic word for meal 1
- meat and drinka source of pleasure
- have one's meat and one's manners informal.to lose nothing because one's offer is not accepted
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- · adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of meat1
Word History and Origins
Origin of meat1
Idioms and Phrases
- piece of meat, Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
- a person regarded merely as a sex object:
Years after winning a beauty pageant, she denounced the competition, saying she’d been crowned the judges’ favorite piece of meat.
- a person, as a prizefighter or laborer, regarded merely as a strong or useful physical specimen:
The trainer never apologized for referring to his boxers as pieces of meat—if you made it to the top, he’d start calling you “Kid.”
More idioms and phrases containing meat
- beat the meat
- one's man's meat is another man's poison
Example Sentences
But after Trump initially threatened to hit the country with 24% tariffs, Tokyo may shift to buy more meat from South America.
Use as a marinade for vegetables or meat.
We recorded it at Sunset Sound in a room that used to be a meat locker — all cement and steel.
The legendary saga of “meat chair,” a wildly expensive single item of patio furniture that was, for a time, regretfully on display in the deli area, hence the name.
The diet trends pushed in the "manosphere" would give any doctor a headache: mostly meat, very few vegetables, and often eating food raw, which is risking illness.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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