1 [U,C] the flesh of an animal or a bird eaten as food; a particular type of this:
a piece / slice of meat * horse meat (= from a horse) * dog meat (= for a dog) * meat-eating animals * There's not much meat on this chop. * (figurative, humorous) There's not much meat on her (= she is very thin).
seealsoLUNCHEONMEAT, MINCEMEAT, REDMEAT, SAUSAGEMEAT, WHITEMEAT
2 [U] ~ (of sth) the important or interesting part of sth:
This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument.
IDIOMS
meat and drink to sb something that sb enjoys very much:
Dealing with difficult customers is meat and drink to her.
meat-and-potatoes (AmE) dealing with or interested in the most basic and important aspects of sth:
a meat-and-potatoes argument * a meat-and-potatoes man (= a person who likes simple things)
moreatDEAD
