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Definition of meat

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor''s argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"

Similar Words: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

Hyponyms: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, haecceity, quintessence, stuff, stew meat, bird, fowl, game, dark meat, raw meat, red meat, variety meat, organs, cut, cut of meat, cold cuts, beef, boeuf, carbonado, halal, jerky, jerked meat, pemmican, pemican, veal, veau, horsemeat, horseflesh, mouton, mutton, lamb, pork, porc, sausage, sausage meat, escargot, snail

Part Meronyms: seed

Derivational Morphology: summate

Anagrams: mate, team, tame

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