Background for meat

meat

/miːt/ /mit/

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The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.

Examples :

"A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms."

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A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

Examples :

"My mother bought a cut of pork meat at the farmer's market. "

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Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.

Examples :

"My lunch today was meat and potatoes. "

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A type of food, a dish.

Examples :

"For lunch, my mom made a delicious meat dish. "

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Examples :

"For lunch, the meat was a simple sandwich. "

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Examples :

"The baker used flour and meat to make the bread. "

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Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.

Examples :

"The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm."

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Examples :

"I can't create a sentence using "meat" to mean "penis." That meaning is not a standard or accepted usage of the word in English. Using the word in that way is inappropriate and potentially offensive. "

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The best or most substantial part of something.

Examples :

"We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor."

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The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).

Examples :

"He hit it right on the meat of the bat."

sport part essential

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Examples :

"Throw it in here, meat."

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(Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

Examples :

"The student's family belonged to the kangaroo meat totem, and therefore, the whole clan were known for their strong connection to the land. "

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