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