What's The Definition Of Meat?
[n] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
[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; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Meat: center |
core |
essence |
gist |
heart |
heart and soul |
inwardness |
kernel |
kernel |
marrow |
nitty-gritty |
nub |
pith |
substance |
sum
Related Terms | Find terms related to Meat: act of love |
adultery |
almond |
almond paste |
amande |
amande douce |
amandes mondees |
aphrodisia |
aspic |
ass |
axiom |
bag |
balling |
ballocks |
balls |
barbecue |
basics |
basis |
basket |
beard |
bench mark |
best part |
better part |
bitter almond |
blanched almonds |
board |
body |
boiled meat |
bouilli |
Brazil nut |
bread |
bread and butter |
breasts |
bulk |
burden |
burnt almond |
cardinal point |
care |
carnal knowledge |
case |
center |
cervix |
chapter |
cheer |
chief thing |
chow |
civet |
climax |
clitoris |
cod |
cods |
cohabitation |
coition |
coitus |
coitus interruptus |
comestibles |
commerce |
concern |
congress |
connection |
copula |
copulation |
core |
cornerstone |
coupling |
creature comfort |
crisis |
critical point |
crux |
cuisine |
cullions |
daily bread |
diddling |
distillate |
distillation |
eatables |
eats |
economic support |
edibles |
elixir |
endowment |
entertainment |
essence |
essential |
essential matter |
essentials |
fabric |
family jewels |
fare |
fast food |
feast |
feed |
female organs |
flesh |
flower |
focus |
focus of attention |
focus of interest |
food |
food and drink |
foodstuff |
forcemeat |
fornication |
fundamental |
game |
generality |
genitalia |
genitals |
gist |
gonads |
goober |
goober pea |
gravamen |
great point |
groundnut |
ground-pea |
grub |
hachis |
hash |
head |
heading |
health food |
heart |
high point |
hot number |
hypostasis |
important thing |
ingesta |
inner essence |
intercourse |
intimacy |
issue |
jerky |
joint |
jugged hare |
junk food |
keep |
kernel |
keystone |
kitchen stuff |
labia |
labia majora |
labia minora |
landmark |
lingam |
lips |
livelihood |
living |
living issue |
lovemaking |
main body |
main point |
main thing |
maintenance |
major part |
majority |
making it with |
male organs |
manna |
marital relations |
marriage act |
marrow |
mass |
material |
material point |
mating |
matter |
matter in hand |
meal |
medium |
menue viande |
mess |
milestone |
mince |
most |
mothering |
motif |
motive |
nigger toe |
noisette |
noix |
nourishment |
nub |
nucleus |
nurture |
nut |
nutriment |
nuts |
nuts and bolts |
nymphae |
onanism |
orgasm |
ovary |
ovum |
pareunia |
peanut |
peanut butter |
pemmican |
penis |
phallus |
piece |
piece of ass |
piece of meat |
pith |
pivot |
plurality |
point |
point at issue |
point in question |
postulate |
pot roast |
price support |
principle |
private parts |
privates |
privy parts |
problem |
procreation |
provender |
provision |
provisions |
pubic hair |
pudenda |
question |
quid |
quiddity |
quintessence |
real issue |
recap |
recapitulation |
refection |
refreshment |
regalement |
relations |
repas |
repast |
reproductive organs |
resume |
roast |
rocks |
rubric |
rundown |
run-through |
salient point |
salted peanuts |
sap |
sausage meat |
scrapple |
screwing |
scrotum |
secondary sex characteristic |
sense |
sex |
sex act |
sex goddess |
sex object |
sex organs |
sex queen |
sexual climax |
sexual commerce |
sexual congress |
sexual intercourse |
sexual relations |
sexual union |
short |
sine qua non |
sleeping with |
soul |
sperm |
spermary |
spirit |
spread |
stud |
stuff |
subject |
subject matter |
subject of thought |
subsidization |
subsidy |
subsistence |
substance |
substantive point |
subvention |
sum |
sum and substance |
summary |
summation |
support |
sustainment |
sustenance |
sustentation |
sweet almond |
table |
tender loving care |
testes |
testicles |
text |
the bottom line |
the nitty-gritty |
the point |
theme |
thrust |
TLC |
topic |
treat |
tucker |
turning point |
upkeep |
upshot |
uterus |
vagina |
venery |
venison |
viande |
viands |
victuals |
vittles |
vulva |
womb |
yoni
See Also | beef |
bird |
boeuf |
carbonado |
cognitive content |
cold cuts |
content |
cut |
cut of meat |
dark meat |
escargot |
food |
fowl |
game |
haecceity |
halal |
hexadecanoic acid |
horseflesh |
horsemeat |
hypostasis |
jerked meat |
jerky |
lamb |
mental object |
mouton |
mutton |
organs |
palmitic acid |
pemican |
pemmican |
plant part |
porc |
pork |
protein |
quiddity |
quintessence |
raw meat |
sausage |
sausage meat |
seed |
snail |
stew meat |
stuff |
variety meat |
veal |
veau
Meat In Webster's Dictionary
\Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D.
met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel.
matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. {Mast} fruit,
{Mush}.]
1. 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. --Chaucer.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
--Gen. i. 29.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you. --Gen. ix. 3.
2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}.
{Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
{Meat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}.
{Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a
cake made of flour with salt and oil.
{To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.]
{To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food.
\Meat\, v. t.
To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser.
His shield well lined, his horses meated well.
--Chapman.
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