meatmeat /mit/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 1
[countable, uncountable] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food: I stopped eating meat when I was 14. spaghetti with a meat sauce cold meatsred meat (=a dark-colored meat such as beef)white meat (=meat that is pale in color, for example some parts of a chicken) → see also deli meat, lunch meat2[uncountable] the main or most important part of a talk, book, etc.: Finally we got down to the real meat of the debate. There’s no meat to their arguments.3meat and potatoes informal the most important or basic parts of a discussion, decision, piece of work, etc.: meat of Parks, crime, and traffic are the meat and potatoes of council elections. → see also meat-and-potatoes4be dead meat informal if someone is dead meat, he or she is in serious trouble and other people will be very angry with him or her: If mom finds out you lied to her, you're dead meat.5need some (more) meat on your bones informal used to say that someone looks too thin6be meat and drink to somebody to be something that someone enjoys doing or finds easy to do: Most people hate the stress of the job, but it seems to be meat and drink to Brian.7one man’s meat is another man’s poison used to say that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else [Origin: Old English mete food] → see also meat market
[countable, uncountable] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food: I stopped eating meat when I was 14. spaghetti with a meat sauce cold meatsred meat (=a dark-colored meat such as beef)white meat (=meat that is pale in color, for example some parts of a chicken) → see also deli meat, lunch meat2[uncountable] the main or most important part of a talk, book, etc.: Finally we got down to the real meat of the debate. There’s no meat to their arguments.3meat and potatoes informal the most important or basic parts of a discussion, decision, piece of work, etc.: meat of Parks, crime, and traffic are the meat and potatoes of council elections. → see also meat-and-potatoes4be dead meat informal if someone is dead meat, he or she is in serious trouble and other people will be very angry with him or her: If mom finds out you lied to her, you're dead meat.5need some (more) meat on your bones informal used to say that someone looks too thin6be meat and drink to somebody to be something that someone enjoys doing or finds easy to do: Most people hate the stress of the job, but it seems to be meat and drink to Brian.7one man’s meat is another man’s poison used to say that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else [Origin: Old English mete food] → see also meat market