Definition for meat - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	meat (meat) Pronunciation: /miːt/ noun [mass noun] 1the flesh of an animal or bird as food: pieces of meat [as modifier]: meat pies [count noun]: cold meats the flesh of a person’s body: this’ll put meat on your bones! North American the edible part of fruits, nuts, or eggs. (the meat of) the chief part of something: he did the meat of the climb on the first day 2 archaic food of any kind. a meal: we have talked at meat with this stranger Phrases be meat and drink to British 1be a source of great pleasure to: meat and drink to me, this life is! 2be a customary matter for: the commercial market-research business that is meat and drink to most pollsters easy meat informal a person who is easily overcome or outwitted: with no family money to protect him, he was easy meat meat and potatoes North American basic and essential aspects: the club’s meat and potatoes remains blues performers meat and two veg British informal a man’s genitals. one man's meat is another man's poison proverb things liked or enjoyed by one person may be distasteful to another. Derivatives meatless adjective Origin: Old English mete 'food' or 'article of food' (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin		Search results in the dictionary dead meat in dead meat ant meat axe meat loaf meat safe nut meat (also nutmeat) More results » Nearby Words measly measurable measure measured measureless measurement measuring jug measuring tape measuring worm meat meat ant meat axe meat grinder meat loaf meat market meat safe meat wagon meatball Meath