meat

Definition

  • noun: the flesh of an animal used as food
  • noun: solid food as distinguished from drink
  • synonyms: food, dinner, flesh

Examples

  • Basic conservation is still the 'meat and potatoes' of their environmental plan.

  • The real 'meat of' the book is found in its discussion of his economic plan.

  • The scouting camp is a 'meat market' for pro football candidates.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I pray you do not mock me, fellow student, I think it was to see my mother's wedding Indeed, my lord, it followed hard upon Thrift, thrift Horatio. The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven ere I had ever seen that day, Horatio (..)
    2015 Hamlet