1
as in flesh
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner
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2
as in food
substances intended to be eaten
offered his guests meat and drink
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3
as in heart
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
he dances all around it without ever addressing the meat of the issue
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Recent Examples of meat
Recent government data shows food prices for staples such as eggs and meat have jumped sharply year over year.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Guests purchase raw cuts of meat and grill themselves at their table.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Other items expected to cost more include beverages, cereal and grains, sugar, meat and dairy products, Yale said.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The exporter of meat, dairy, wine and farm machinery ran a $1.1 billion trade surplus with the U.S. in 2024, according to U.S. Trade Representative data.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Guests purchase raw cuts of meat and grill themselves at their table.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Other items expected to cost more include beverages, cereal and grains, sugar, meat and dairy products, Yale said.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The exporter of meat, dairy, wine and farm machinery ran a $1.1 billion trade surplus with the U.S. in 2024, according to U.S. Trade Representative data.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meat
Noun
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These markings may be associated with skinning and flesh removal, and some of the remains show possible signs of human tooth marks.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 Aug. 2025
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These all-purpose mid- to late-season potatoes have smooth, white flesh and take 90 to 120 days to grow.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Customers have been asking about artificial food dyes, Eddleston said.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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For decades, the original cream puff has been one of the most popular food items.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are people who have really their heart in the right place.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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By the time the credits rolled my heart was ragged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And if the core problem here is that matches will be taken away from clubs’ traditional locations — and more pertinently, their traditional fans — that is on the clubs themselves and, in the case of Villarreal versus Barcelona, the Spanish federation.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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The core of the team remains in place, which puts pressure on 2024 first-round pick J.J. McCarthy to play at a high level or at least not mess things up.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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From dropping details about her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, to discussing her obsession with making sourdough bread, the three-way conversation ran the topical gamut.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The shrinking of a staple loaf of bread in Bolivia highlights the severity of its economic crisis ahead of Sunday’s presidential election.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The first verses unspooled over a simple I-V-IV progression, one of the most fundamental sets of chord changes in folk and pop music, each verse ending with a brief upward progression that climbed back to the root chord in time for the next set of lines.—
Peter Ames Carlin,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Here's everything to know about the event, including this year's theme, schedule and a brief history of its Cincinnati roots.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
13 Aug. 2025
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Overall, the performances from these past two days captured the essence of breaking about as well as possible given the context.—
Jason Pu,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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In essence, the proposals involve Kyiv surrendering territory in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, in exchange for a ceasefire, an idea the Ukrainian leadership has firmly ruled out.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Google also stopped publishing complete kernel modification histories and new binary drivers, further hampering independent development efforts.—
Federico Guerrini,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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The kernels are so juicy and just burst in your mouth.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Meat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meat. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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