Thesaurus: meat
Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
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- n. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
- n. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
- n. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.
- v. t. To supply with food.
- n. the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
- n. the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
- n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- n:100 n. the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food