meat

CEFRA1

/miːt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The flesh of animals used as food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).

Examples

  • Do you know how to cook meat?

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

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /miːh/
  • /miːʔ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

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

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

More examples

In context

  • Meat is very expensive nowadays.

  • A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.

  • The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.

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Origin

noun

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.