Meat Miːt Animals Noun Bre Piece/Slice Horse Dog

• a piece/slice of meat
• horse meat (= from a horse)
• dog meat (= for a dog)
• meat-eating animals

meat

1. the flesh of an animal or a bird eaten as food; a particular type of this
• see also dark meat
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dark-meat
• a piece/slice of meat
• horse meat (= from a horse)
• dog meat (= for a dog)
• meat-eating animals
• There's not much meat on this chop.
• There’s not much meat on her (= she is very thin).
2. the important or interesting part of something
• synonym substance
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/substance
• This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument.
3. in serious trouble
• If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.
4. something that somebody enjoys very much
5. used to say that different people like different things; what one person likes very much, another person does not like at all

Extra Examples

• Britain’s meat consumption
• Do you eat meat?
• Fry the meat in a little olive oil.
• He eventually found employment as a meat cutter.
• I’m not a great meat eater.
• It was so cold, it was like a meat locker.
• She always buys the cheaper cuts of meat.
• Simmer the meat for 30 minutes until tender.
• That meat smells rotten.
• The animals do not hunt and rarely consume meat.
• The meat has gone off.
• These pies have a low meat content.
• Turn the meat frequently to brown it.
• a plate of cold meats
• chewing on the tough meat
• recipes for simple meat dishes

Word Origin

• Old English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin.