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| pie1 |
a pastry shell filled with fruit, meat, or other filling, and baked. |
| pig |
an animal with a wide, flat nose, four short legs, a thick body, and a short, curly tail. Pigs are mammals with hooves. Wild pigs often have tusks. Domestic pigs are raised for their meat, which is called pork. Adult pigs are also called hogs. [1/2 definitions] |
| pizza |
an Italian food made of a flat crust covered with tomato sauce, cheese, and often meat or vegetables and then baked. |
| pork |
meat from a pig or hog. |
| pottage |
a thick soup of vegetables, often with meat. |
| poultry |
chickens, turkeys, and other birds that are raised for their meat and eggs. |
| pudding |
the British word for a hot dish made with flour and eggs, containing fruit or meat or vegetables. [1/3 definitions] |
| ravioli |
(used with a singular or plural verb) small packets of pasta filled with ground meat, cheese, or other similar mixtures. |
| reindeer |
a mammal with long legs, a long neck, antlers, and hooves. Reindeer are raised in northern parts of the world for their milk, meat, and fur. They are also sometimes used to pull sleds for transportation. Reindeer are closely related to moose and other kinds of deer. Reindeer are the only deer that have antlers on both males and females. In North America, reindeer are called caribou. |
| roast |
a cut of meat cooked by roasting or that can be used for roasting. [1/6 definitions] |
| rump |
a cut of meat from this area of an animal. [1/2 definitions] |
| salad |
a similar mixture made with meat, chicken, seafood, or fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| sandwich |
slices of bread with other food between them such as meat, cheese, or jelly. [1/2 definitions] |
| sausage |
a mixture of chopped meat and spices stuffed into a casing of animal intestine. |
| sheep |
an animal with hooves, hollow horns, and long, curly hair. Sheep are mammals that are raised for their wool; some people also use their milk and meat. They are closely related to goats. [1/2 definitions] |
| soup |
a liquid food made with small pieces of vegetables, meat, fish, or grains cooked in water or broth. |
| spaghetti |
a form of pasta made in long, thin strings. Spaghetti is often served with a sauce that may contain meat or tomatoes. |
| Spam |
(Trademark) Spam is the brand name for a kind of canned meat made from pork pieces and seasoning. [1/3 definitions] |
| spit2 |
a thin, pointed rod on which meat is placed and turned while roasting. [1/2 definitions] |
| steak |
a large, flat cut of meat or fish usually cooked by frying, broiling, or grilling. |
| steer2 |
a young bull or male ox that is not able to produce young and that is raised for its meat. |
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