meat

Universal Words noun 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