meat

  • 31meat — /mit / (say meet) noun 1. the flesh of animals as used for food. 2. food in general: meat and drink. 3. the edible part of anything, as a fruit, nut, etc. 4. Archaic the principal meal: to say grace before meat. 5. the main substance of something …

  • 32meat-ax — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : cleaver 1a 2. : a harsh or violent attack on a problem; especially : a rough slashing reduction of an appropriation or budget your advertising policy and budget get the meat ax Derek Brooks II …

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  • 33meat — see meat and mass never hindered man one man’s meat is another man’s poison you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones God never sends mouths but He sends meat God sends meat, but the devil sends cooks …

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  • 34meat — мясной meat sauce соус к мясным блюдам variety meat мясные субпродукты meat animal животное мясной породы meat concentrate мясной концентрат wet minced meat жидкий мясной фарш …

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  • 35meat ax — 1. cleaver (def. 2). 2. Informal. a drastic or ruthless procedure or approach, esp. for reducing or trimming something, as expenditures: The committee used a meat ax on the recreation budget. [1825 35] * * * meat ax or meat axe, 1. a butcher s… …

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  • 36meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37meat — noun 1》 the flesh of an animal (especially a mammal) as food.     ↘N. Amer. the edible part of fruits, nuts, or eggs.     ↘(the meat of) the essence or chief part of. 2》 archaic food of any kind. Phrases be meat and drink to Brit. 1》 be a source… …

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  • 38meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …

    Word origins

  • 39méat — (mé a) s. m. 1°   Terme d anatomie. Conduit. Le méat auditif.    Méat urinaire, l orifice externe de l urèthre. 2°   Terme de botanique. Intervalle de forme variable qui se trouve entre les cellules du tissu cellulaire. HISTORIQUE     •   Une… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 40meat — Synonyms and related words: Brazil nut, TLC, act of love, adultery, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce, amandes mondees, aphrodisia, aspic, ass, axiom, bag, balling, ballocks, balls, barbecue, basics, basis, basket, beard, bench mark,… …

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