| meat |  | |
| 1. n. The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. | |
| A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms. | |
| The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter. | |
| 2. n. A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. | |
| The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly. | |
| 3. n. (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink. | |
| 4. n. (now rare) A type of food, a dish. | |
| 5. n. (now archaic) A meal. | |
| 6. n. Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc. | |
| The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm. | |
| 7. n. (slang) A penis. | |
| 8. n. (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something. | |
| We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor. | |
| 9. n. (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.). | |
| He hit it right on the meat of the bat. | |
| 10. n. A meathead. | |
| Throw it in here, meat. | |
| 11. n. (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it. | |
