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MEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example:
the nub of the story
Synonyms:
center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("meat" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meat"):
bare bones ((plural) the most basic facts or elements)
hypostasis ((metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality)
haecceity; quiddity (the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other)
quintessence (the purest and most concentrated essence of something)
stuff (a critically important or characteristic component)
Derivation:
meaty (being on topic and prompting thought)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("meat" is a kind of...):
food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)
Meronyms (substance of "meat"):
protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)
hexadecanoic acid; palmitic acid (a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products)
Domain member category:
au jus (served in its natural juices or gravy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meat"):
escargot; snail (edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic)
sausage meat (any meat that is minced and spiced and cooked as patties or used to fill sausages)
sausage (highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings)
porc; pork (meat from a domestic hog or pig)
lamb (the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food)
mouton; mutton (meat from a mature domestic sheep)
horseflesh; horsemeat (the flesh of horses as food)
pemican; pemmican (lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians)
jerk; jerked meat; jerky (meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun)
halal ((Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah)
carbonado (a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled)
beef; boeuf (meat from an adult domestic bovine)
cold cuts (sliced assorted cold meats)
cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)
organs; variety meat (edible viscera of a butchered animal)
red meat (meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton))
raw meat (uncooked meat)
dark meat (the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food)
game (the flesh of wild animals that is used for food)
bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)
stew meat (tough meat that needs stewing to be edible)
Derivation:
meaty (like or containing meat)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
Example:
black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
Synonyms:
kernel; meat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("meat" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Holonyms ("meat" is a part of...):
seed (a small hard fruit)
Context examples:
Cooking of meats over an open flame.
(Flame-Broiling, NCI Thesaurus)
This substance may be formed during the cooking of foods that contain sodium nitrite as a preservative, including meat, fish and cheese.
(N-Nitrososarcosine, NCI Thesaurus)
Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones.
(Organic food, NCI Thesaurus)
Others, with slabs of bacon and joints of dried meat upon the ends of their pikes, held them up to the blaze or tore at them ravenously with their teeth.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A naturally occurring amino acid found in meat, fish, dairy and eggs.
(Ornithine, NCI Thesaurus)
Some, like a vegetarian diet, don't include meats.
(Diets, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Proteins from meat and other animal products are complete proteins.
(Dietary Proteins, NIH)
The study found a positive association between intakes of red meat and poultry, and risk of developing diabetes.
(Eating Meat Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Officials also noted that people ate more processed meats and did not consume enough nuts, seeds or milk.
(Poor Diet Kills More People Than Smoking, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Humans are infected by ingesting unpasteurized milk or meat from infected animals.
(Brucellosis, NCI Thesaurus)
