meat
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- pronunciation:
- mit
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Meat is a kind of food that comes from animals. Foods like chicken, beef, and pork are meat.
Chicken is the meat that we eat most at our house. I have a friend who doesn't eat any meat at all.
- synonyms:
- flesh
- similar words:
- fat, game
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| definition 2: |
The meat of a fruit or nut is the part of it that we can eat. It is the part that is inside its skin, peel, or shell. The meat of an orange is the part of the orange that is inside its peel. The meat of a nut is the part that is inside the shell of the nut.
The meat of that peach was so sweet and filled with so much juice that it dripped down my chin.- synonyms:
- flesh
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| related words: |
goodness |
| derivation: |
meatless (adj.) |
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