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Meaning of meat in English

meat
noun
us
/miːt/ uk
/miːt/

meat noun (FOOD)

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A1 [ U ]
the flesh of an animal when it is used for food:
I don't eat meat.
raw meat Keep all cooked meat separate from raw meat.
red meat The health advice was to limit red meat to once a week.
white meat We eat white meat twice a week.
[ C ]
a type of meat:
cold meat There was a buffet of cold meats and cheeses laid out on the table.
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meat noun (INTEREST)

[ U ]
important, valuable, or interesting ideas or information:
It was a nicely written article and quite amusing but there wasn't much meat to it.
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Idioms

be meat and drink to someone
meat and potatoes
meat and two veg
one man's meat is another man's poison
(Definition of meat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

meat | Intermediate English

meat
noun [ U ]
us
/mit/
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the flesh of an animal when it is used for food:
Get a pound of chopped meat from the supermarket on your way home.
(Definition of meat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of meat

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Whatever you can throw together can be made better with the addition of cured meats.
From Huffington Post
The study showed that eating lots of processed meats tacked on 0.93 pound every four years.
From CBS News
You can then cook the meat as you like.
From NPR
The notion became a wonderful marketing tool -- red meat for the media.
From Fast Company
Take the meat out and let it sit at room temp.
From Huffington Post
You don't want to cook so hot that the meat burns on the outside before it is done on the inside.
From Huffington Post
Letting it sit at room temp warms it and gives the meat a running start on cooking.
From Huffington Post
Our poll found that 39 percent said they eat less meat than they did three years ago.
From NPR
Maybe just eat less meat and see how you feel.
From National Geographic
I wouldn't have done the one with the meat.
From New York Daily News
There he found a new favorite food -- narwhal meat.
From National Geographic
She said she just wanted to try giving up meat.
From CNN
He says the high prices could have a long-term effect on the meat industry.
From CBS Local
There's nothing like the scent of charred meat wafting over your neighbor's fence to get you in the mood for summer.
From NPR
The going rate for turtle meat is approximately $1.10 per pound.
From International Business Times
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Collocations with meat

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bit of meat
We have smelled a bit of meat and may have had our opinions on what it is.
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buffalo meat
The narrator speculates about "infamous buffalo meat" (98).
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contaminated meat
We have been discussing the law on unfit and contaminated meat.
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Translations of meat

in Chinese (Traditional)
食物, （可食用的）肉, （某一種）食用肉…
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食物, （可食用的）肉, （某一种）食用肉…
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carne, carne [feminine, singular]…
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carne, carne [feminine]…
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मांस…
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（食）肉, 肉（にく）…
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viande [feminine], (de) viande…
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carn…
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vlees…
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ஒரு விலங்கின் சதை உணவாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும்போது / உணவிற்க்காக பயன்படுத்தப்படும் ஒரு விலங்கின் சதை (மாமிசம்)…
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માંસ…
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kød, kød-…
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kött…
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daging…
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das Fleisch, Fleisch-……
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kjøtt [neuter], kjøtt…
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گوشت…
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м'ясо…
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మాంసం…
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পশুর মাংস…
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maso, masitý…
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daging…
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เนื้อสัตว์…
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thịt…
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mięso…
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고기…
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carne, di carne…
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