meat

nounflesh of animal consumed as food

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noun flesh of animal consumed as food

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Word Origin & History

Old English mete "food, item of food" (paired with drink), from Proto-Germanic *mati (cf. Old Frisian mete, Old Saxon meti, Old Norse matr, Old High German maz, Gothic mats "food," Middle Dutch, Dutch metworst, German Mettwurst "type of sausage"), from PIE *mad-i-, from root *mad- "moist, wet," also with reference to food qualities, (cf. Sanskrit medas- "fat" (n.), Old Irish mat "pig;" see mast (n.2)).

Narrower sense of "flesh used as food" is first attested c.1300; similar sense evolution in French viande "meat," originally "food." Figurative sense of "essential part" is from 1901. Dark meat, white meat popularized 19c., supposedly as euphemisms for leg and breast, but earliest sources use both terms without apparent embarrassment.

First record of meat loaf is from 1876. Meat market "place where one looks for sex partners" is from 1896 (meat in various sexual senses of "penis, vagina, body regarded as a sex object, prostitute" are attested from 1590s); meat wagon "ambulance" is from 1920, American English slang, said to date from World War I (in a literal sense by 1857). Meat-grinder in the figurative sense attested by 1951. Meat-hook in colloquial transferred sense "arm" attested by 1919.

Example Sentences for meat

Ye be my guests, ye wot,” he added, “since ye tarried not for meat at Hyde.

(b) What disposal should be made of meat from which stock is made?

It is to the length of these fibers that the tenderness of meat is due.

In the bottom of the pan is a rack upon which the meat may rest.

Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.

Then examine the meat to see how much of the liquid has evaporated.

(b) How does meat compare in cost with the other daily foods?

Remove the meat from the bones and cut it into small pieces.

(a) How does the composition of poultry compare with that of meat?

There may be a second layer of bread on top of the meat if desired.

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bodies

body

brawn

bread and butter

core

crux

essence

fillet

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