meat
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
The soft parts of an animal's body that people cook and eat, usually not including fish.
She gave up meat after reading about how animals are farmed.
The smell of grilled meat drifted across the whole campsite.
Take the meat out of the freezer so it thaws overnight.
Meat prices have risen sharply since the beginning of the year.
Common collocations: red meat · raw meat · a piece of meat · cook the meat · meat and fish · give up meat
Part of: Meat and fish, Cooking, Shops and shopping
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- C1
The most important part of a subject, talk or piece of writing, where the real content is.
Let's skip the introduction and get to the meat of the report.
The meat of his argument was hidden in the final paragraph.
There is very little meat in this long and polite answer.
Common collocations: the meat of the matter · get to the meat · the meat of the argument · little meat in it
Part of: Speaking, Attitudes and opinions, Writing
Forms
- plural
- meats (jen ve významu druhy masa)