meat

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Chop the lettuce, avocado and cilantro ahead of time, so they're ready to use as soon as the meat is added.

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  1. noun The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.
  2. noun The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
  3. noun The essence, substance, or gist: the meat of the editorial.

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  • And notice that the coriander seed on the meat is a nice tie-in   When I pulled out the meat, I let it rest for about ten minutes.
  • Chop the lettuce, avocado and cilantro ahead of time, so they're ready to use as soon as the meat is added. —  The Seattle Times
  • Smacking his lips, the head-waiter, an antiquity who cashed cheques and told stories about Mr. Dickens and Mr. Thackeray, stopped in front of this table Roast beef, very nice--a nice cut, sir; saddle of mutton just up All decided for saddle of mutton Saddle of mutton, number three Greasy and white the carver came, and as if the meat were a delight the carver sliced it out. —  Mike Fletcher A Novel
  • Then Sharptooth ripped open the bag which held the meat, and before morning the six dogs ate it all up When the meat was all gone, Sun-ka ran away and became a wild dog. —  The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
  • Be careful in not allowing the gravy to boil after the meat is added, as it would render it hard and tough Time_.--About 1/2 hour. —  The Book of Household Management
 

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bread ·  food ·  vegetable ·  beef ·  fish ·  milk ·  fruit ·  flesh ·  chicken ·  wine ·  soup ·  steak

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meat:   meats
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English mete, from Old English, food.

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  1. from Middle English mete, from Anglo-Saxon mete = Old Saxon meti, mat = OFries. mete, meit, met = Middle Dutch mete, Dutch met = Middle Low German met, Low German met, mett = Old High German Middle High German maz, German mass, in comp. massleid, a version to food, = Icelandic matr, also mata = Swedish mat = Danish mad = Goth, mats, food; root uncertain; perhaps orig. ‘a portion dealt out,’ from Anglo-Saxon metan (preterit mæt), etc., measure: see mete. Otherwise, perhaps cognate with L. mandere, chew: see manducate, mange.
  2. Cf. Gothic (Moesogothic) matjan, eat, devour; from the noun: see meat, n.
 

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