meat
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,087 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,545 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
- the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone also: kernel black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience also: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence the gist of the prosecutor's argumentthe heart and soul of the Republican Party
meat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I also shot a large fowl, which proved excellent meat.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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A Fox, seeing this, longed to possess the meat himself, and by a wily stratagem succeeded.
The Fox and the Crow · Aesop · Chapter 1
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I had soup, fish, meat, and pastry, and, for the first time in my life, a glass of wine.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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On musk oxen the tribes depend chiefly for hides and meat, and on walrus for both food and fuel.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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Then said the first soldier, ‘In the North Sea lies a dead sea-cat; that shall be the roast meat.’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1