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   meat

   /miːt/

   noun

   • 1. the flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry): "pieces of meat" Similar fleshmuscle
   • ▪ the flesh of a person's body: "this'll put meat on your bones!" Similar fleshmuscle
   • ▪ the edible part of fruits, nuts, or eggs. North American
   • ▪ the chief part of something: "he did the meat of the climb on the first day" Similar substancepithmarrowheartkernelcorenucleusnubessenceessentialspointgistfundamentalsbasicsinformal:nitty-grittynuts and bolts
   • 2. food of any kind. archaic Similar foodnourishmentsustenanceprovisionsrationsfarefoodstuff(s)nutrimentdaily breadfeedinformal:grubeatschownoshscoffformal:comestiblesprovenderarchaic:victualsviandscommonsrare:aliment
   • ▪ a meal: "we have talked at meat with this stranger"

   Word Origin Old Englishmete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. meatless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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