flesh-meat
71flesh — [[t]flɛʃ[/t]] n. 1) anat. the soft substance of a vertebrate or other animal body between the skin and the skeleton, esp. muscular tissue 2) anat. muscular and fatty tissue 3) this substance or tissue of animals as an article of food, usu.… …
72Meat (Torchwood) — 17 – Meat Torchwood episode The ever growing alien provides a seemingly unlimited supply of meat. Cast …
73meat — [[t]mi͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ meats 1) N MASS Meat is flesh taken from a dead animal that people cook and eat. Meat and fish are relatively expensive. ...imported meat products. ...a buffet of cold meats and salads. 2) → See also , red meat, white meat 3)… …
74meat — n. 1 the flesh of animals (esp. mammals) as food. 2 (foll. by of) the essence or chief part of. 3 US the edible part of fruits, nuts, eggs, shellfish, etc. 4 archaic a food of any kind. b a meal. Phrases and idioms: meat and drink a source of… …
75meat — /mit / (say meet) noun 1. the flesh of animals as used for food. 2. food in general: meat and drink. 3. the edible part of anything, as a fruit, nut, etc. 4. Archaic the principal meal: to say grace before meat. 5. the main substance of something …
76flesh — 1. noun a) the soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat. I charge the that thou ete no fleysshe as longe as ye be in the Queste of Sankgreall, nother ye shall drynke no wyne [...]. b) Animal tissue regarded as food; meat …
77flesh — 1. The meat of animals used for food. 2. SYN: muscular tissue. [A.S. flaesc] goose f. SYN: cutis anserina. proud f. historic term for exuberant granulations in the granulation tissue on the surface of a wound. * * * flesh flesh …
78meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …
79meat — noun 1》 the flesh of an animal (especially a mammal) as food. ↘N. Amer. the edible part of fruits, nuts, or eggs. ↘(the meat of) the essence or chief part of. 2》 archaic food of any kind. Phrases be meat and drink to Brit. 1》 be a source… …
80meat — n 1. animal flesh, flesh, cut of meat; beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton. 2. food, nutriment, aliment, nourishment, sustenance, nurture; viand or viands, victuals, vittles; feed, fare, rations, Sl. grub, provisions; edibles, combustibles; meal,… …
