as in meat
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables
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Recent Examples of flesh
Their skin is separated from the meat so the fat can render beneath it, crisping the surface while basting the flesh from within.
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Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Japanese sweet potatoes, also called satsumaimo, have purplish skin with white or pale yellow flesh.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
His, however, was crafted, chipped into something sharp enough to cut animal flesh.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
In the summer of 2020 a raft of players were signed by Premier League clubs, but most fans weren’t able to actually see their new recruits in the flesh until the final week of the season, and thus also not able to sing songs about them.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Japanese sweet potatoes, also called satsumaimo, have purplish skin with white or pale yellow flesh.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
His, however, was crafted, chipped into something sharp enough to cut animal flesh.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
In the summer of 2020 a raft of players were signed by Premier League clubs, but most fans weren’t able to actually see their new recruits in the flesh until the final week of the season, and thus also not able to sing songs about them.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flesh
meat
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Use separate cutting boards and containers to avoid cross-contamination between raw meats and fruits and vegetables.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Clean refrigerators and other surfaces that may have touched deli meat.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Flesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flesh. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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