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Definition of meat
meat
/miːt/
meat
Plural:meats
•Adjective:meaty
meat Lexical Profile
CEFR
A1
Grade
2
Tier
1
Usage
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• noun
1
The flesh of an animal (typically a mammal or bird) prepared and consumed as food.
Example
"He decided to adopt a vegetarian diet and completely stopped eating meat."
2
The core, essence, or most substantial part of an issue, argument, or written work.
Example
"After a lengthy introduction, the professor finally got to the meat of her lecture."
3
The edible inner part of a nut, fruit, or seed, as distinguished from the shell or husk.
Example
"She carefully cracked the walnut shell to extract the sweet meat inside."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'mete', which originally referred to any solid food in general (a sense preserved in words like 'sweetmeat'), rather than specifically animal flesh.
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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Meat. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 13, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/meat