meat

The soft parts of animals that people cook and eat, such as beef or chicken.

• I do not eat meat.
• Cook the meat until it is brown.
• Would you like meat or fish for dinner?

Similar words: flesh

Common phrases: eat meat, raw meat, red meat, cook meat

A particular kind of animal food, such as beef, pork, or lamb.

• Chicken is a lean meat.
• The shop sells several meats.
• Which meat works best in this recipe?

Common phrases: different meats, smoked meat, a lean meat

The thick, solid part inside a fruit or nut that you can eat.

• The coconut meat is white.
• Scoop the meat out with a spoon.
• The fruit had sweet, soft meat.

How to use it: the meat of something (The meat of the coconut tasted fresh.)

Similar words: flesh, pulp

Common phrases: coconut meat, nut meat, meat of something

An animal or plant linked to an Aboriginal Australian family group, or the group or one of its members.

• That animal is my meat.
• People of the same meat share a clan identity.
• The elder explained why his meat must be protected.

Similar words: totem

Common phrases: my meat, clan meat