Word Definition

Meat

  1. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
  2. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
  3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.
  4. To supply with food.

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