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meat

US /mit/

noun Core · B1 Ăn uống

Definition

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The restaurant buys its meat from a local farm every week.

Word Family

NounNoun
meat gốc
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
meaty
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • fleshthe soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
  • substancethe real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

Collocations

  • Easy fresh meat
    describing fresh meat (recently made, produced, or harvested)
  • Medium meat consumption trends
    describing meat consumption trends (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
  • Hard wholesale meat processing facility
    to wholesale meat processing facility, meaning to sell in large quantities
  • Very Hard get down to the meat and potatoes of strategy
    to obtain, receive, or reach regarding down to the meat and potatoes of strategy

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