meat

Plural

meats

1. 1.The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.

   • In many parts of the world, shark meat is an acceptable and desirable form of protein.
   • A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
   • The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter.

2. 2.Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.

   • The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
   • She took her spoon and stirred the melted butter into the yellow meat of the yam.

3. 3.A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).

   • Thaw out the meat before cooking it.
   • I'm tired of eating meat.

4. 4.A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

   • The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
   • It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs, with their private chefs, have no intention of doing the same.

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