meat Meaning & Definition
What Does Meat Mean?
Meat is used as a noun meaning The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food. It can also mean A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).
Quick Facts About Meat
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /miːt/ |
| Synonyms | essence, core and pith |
| Antonyms | drink |
| Plural | meats |
Meat Definition (Noun)
- The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.
A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
- A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).
- A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
- Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food.
meat and drink
- A type of food, a dish.
- A meal.
- Meal; flour.
- Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
- A penis.
- The best or most substantial part of something.
- The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
He hit it right on the meat of the bat.
- A meathead.
Throw it in here, meat.
- A totem, or a clan or clansman which uses it.
Noun
- The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
- Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.
Synonyms of Meat
Meat synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Meat
Meat in a Sentence
A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter.
The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
meat and drink
The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
He hit it right on the meat of the bat.
Throw it in here, meat.
We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor.
Word Forms & Grammar
meat (countable and uncountable, plural meats)
Words That Rhyme With Meat
Origin of Meat
Inherited from Middle English mete (“food”), from Old English mete (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *mati (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; grease, fat”).
Common Questions About Meat
What part of speech is meat?
Meat is a noun.
What is another word for meat?
Close synonyms of meat are essence, core and pith. See the full list of meat synonyms and antonyms.
What is the opposite of meat?
The opposite of meat is drink.
What is the plural of meat?
The plural of meat is meats.