fleshmeat
fleshmeat noun: the flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food.
Noun
fleshmeat (countable and uncountable, plural fleshmeats)
- The flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food.
- a. 1529, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, London: Richard Kele, c. 1545,
some of you do eate / In lenton season fleshe mete - […] Fish may be mix’d with Flesh-meat, although all Physicians are against it: for certainly, the natural freshness and coldness of Fish, doth temper and allay the natural heat and saltness that is in Flesh-meat,1671, Margaret Cavendish, “The She-Anchoret”, in Natures Picture, London, Book 2, p. 574
- Synonyms:
- meat
- a. 1529, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, London: Richard Kele, c. 1545,
Synonyms of fleshmeat
Forms of fleshmeat
| plural | fleshmeats |
|---|---|
| alternative form | flesh-meat |
Origin of fleshmeat
From Old English flǣsċmete, equivalent to flesh + meat.
Questions about fleshmeat
- What does fleshmeat mean?
- Fleshmeat means the flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food.
- What part of speech is fleshmeat?
- Fleshmeat is a noun.
- What is the plural of fleshmeat?
- The plural of fleshmeat is fleshmeats.
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