white meat

noun

: meat that comes from the breast or other thick parts of a chicken, turkey, etc., and that is lighter in color than the other parts when cooked

also : meat (such as pork) that is lighter in color than beef when cooked

Examples of white meat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

They’re made with white meat topped with a slight drizzle of a spicy poblano sauce. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026

Available starting Thursday, April 16, the fast-food chain will begin offering the new flavor of its all-white meat Crispy Chicken Nuggets. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026

As my former co-worker Aaron Hutcherson puts it, America has an obsession with white meat. —Victoria Caruso, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2026

Martha guides you step-by-step through the preparation of the perfect roast chicken, boasting crispy bronzed skin and succulent meat that’s equally tender and juicy throughout the white meat as well as the dark. —Jennifer Anderson, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for white meat

• bittersweet
• celestite
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• parakeet
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit

Kids Definition

white meat

noun

: meat that comes from the breast or other thick parts of poultry and that is lighter in color than the other parts when cooked

also : meat (such as pork) that is lighter in color than beef when cooked