lunch meat
noun
US
: cooked meat (such as sliced meat or canned meat) that is usually eaten cold
bought lunch meat for sandwiches
Examples of lunch meat in a Sentence
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Try these fun miniature-sized ideas: Sandwich: With a sharp knife, cut little triangles of bread, lunch meat, and lettuce, then stack them.
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Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
Here’s why Anyone eating these foods at home should be careful not to allow juice from hot dog and lunch meat packages to get on other foods or food preparation surfaces, plates and utensils.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
Anyone eating these foods at home should be careful not to allow juice from hot dog and lunch meat packages to get on other foods or food preparation surfaces, plates and utensils.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
Groceries available include bread, milk, cheese, lunch meat and more everyday staples.
—Jacob Scholl, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Courtesy of Justin Lubin/A24 There’s a scene in Nathan Lane’s new movie in which the beloved icon of stage and screen grabs a sack of Boar’s Head deli lunch meat, chews it up, and spits it into the face of two writhing, grotesque, skeleton-like puppets.
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
With equal turbo engines, the more expensive Daytona would obviously be lunch meat for the feisty Shelby.
—Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
Here’s why Anyone eating these foods at home should be careful not to allow juice from hot dog and lunch meat packages to get on other foods or food preparation surfaces, plates and utensils.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
Anyone eating these foods at home should be careful not to allow juice from hot dog and lunch meat packages to get on other foods or food preparation surfaces, plates and utensils.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
Groceries available include bread, milk, cheese, lunch meat and more everyday staples.
—Jacob Scholl, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Courtesy of Justin Lubin/A24 There’s a scene in Nathan Lane’s new movie in which the beloved icon of stage and screen grabs a sack of Boar’s Head deli lunch meat, chews it up, and spits it into the face of two writhing, grotesque, skeleton-like puppets.
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
With equal turbo engines, the more expensive Daytona would obviously be lunch meat for the feisty Shelby.
—Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Lunch meat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20meat. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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