- 1[uncountable, countable] the flesh of an animal or a bird eaten as food; a particular type of this a piece/slice of meat horse meat (= from a horse) meat-eating animals There's not much meat on this chop. (figurative) (humorous) There's not much meat on her (= she is very thin). see lunchmeat, mincemeat, red meat, sausage meat, white meat
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- 2[uncountable] meat (of something) the important or interesting part of something synonym substance This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument. Idioms
in serious trouble If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.
used to say that different people like different things; what one person likes very much, another person does not like at all
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