noun
meat
MEET/miːt/
The substantial flesh used as food.
The sliced steak shows pink meat inside its cooked exterior.
Etymology
Old English mete meant food generally, not just animal flesh. The modern sense is narrower: vegetables and dairy products could once also fall under the word.
In context
she'd cook all what meat we could get and onions and lots of veggies and then she used to put lots of mashed potato on top
More examples
- She adds crab meat to the soup.
- He cracks the walnut and removes the meat.
- The final chapter contains the meat of her argument.
Forms
meat · meats
meaty adjective — Containing plenty of flesh for eating.
meatless adjective — Containing no animal flesh as food.
Similar words
- flesh
- Refers to soft body tissue, whether eaten or not.