How do you use the word "meat" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "meat": Do you know how to cook meat? Meat is very expensive nowadays.

Meat Meaning

/miːt/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-based meat).

nounThe flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.

Sentence Examples

Do you know how to cook meat?

Meat is very expensive nowadays.

The doctor told me to eat less red meat and dairy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

sum heart center

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The chef sliced the raw ____ before cooking it in the pan.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He decided to stop eating ____ and became a vegetarian for environmental and health reasons.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat Inherited from Middle English mete (“food”), from Old English mete (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *mati (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; grease, fat”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Miit (“meat”), Danish mad (“food”), Faroese and Icelandic matur (“food, meal”), Norn mader (“food”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish mat (“food”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats, “food”). A -ja- derivation from the same base is found in Middle Dutch and Middle Low German met (“lean pork”), from which Dutch met (“minced pork”) and German Mett (“minced meat”) derive, respectively. Compare also Old Irish mess (“animal feed”) and Welsh mes (“acorns”), English mast (“fodder for swine and other animals”), which are probably from the same root.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"In many parts of the world, shark meat is an acceptable and desirable form of protein." — 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 144:

"While people who eat no meat at all are identified and identifiable as vegetarians, there is no commonly accepted term for people who eat it only a couple of times a week and are selective about its quality." — 2010 October 19, Andy Atkins, “Debate on meat-eating does not cut the mustard”, in The Guardian:

"It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same." — 2023, Seamus Bruner, Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life:

"Regularly eating red and processed meats in particular is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of data from 31 study cohorts published Tuesday in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology." — 2024 August 20, Madeline Holcombe, “There is a link between the meat you eat and a chronic disease, according to new research”, in CNN:

"I was anhongred, and ye gave me meate. I thursted, and ye gave me drinke." — 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

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