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meat diaper

meat diaper noun: synonym of meat pad.

Noun

meat diaper (plural meat diapers)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, humorous) Synonym of meat pad.
    • Of course, the remains of meat in fresh garbage or at a landfill are not the most pleasing archaeological artifacts that one can handle. The packaging is bathed in blood and in a kind of clear slime whose viscosity feels to the touch like that of molten gristle. The associated artifacts include the...2001, William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy, Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 72
    • In a world where our steak usually arrives pre-ground in a polystyrene tray, sitting on a meat diaper in a modified-atmosphere bubble, perhaps the cow tunnels represent the city’s agricultural unconscious, returning in the form of rumour and legend.2013 October 31, Nicola Twilley, “The Lost Cow Tunnels of New York City”, in Gizmodo Australia
    Synonyms:
    meat pad

Examples of meat diaper in a sentence

  • The associated artifacts include the familiar absorbent deli pad, or "meat diaper," that drips sanguinary rivulets on the garbage-sorters' aprons.2001, William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy, Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 72:
  • The meat diaper plays a crucial role in maintaining cleanliness when serving meat dishes such as steak, burgers and fried chicken.2023 July 11, Mohamed Dabo, “Understanding the functions of an absorbent pad in meat packaging”, in Packaging Gateway:

Synonyms of meat diaper

Forms of meat diaper

pluralmeat diapers

Origin of meat diaper

From meat + diaper, because the absorbent pad which soaks up liquid from the raw meat resembles the functions of that of a diaper for urine.

Questions about meat diaper

What does meat diaper mean?
Meat diaper means synonym of meat pad.
How do you use meat diaper in a sentence?
The associated artifacts include the familiar absorbent deli pad, or "meat diaper," that drips sanguinary rivulets on the garbage-sorters' aprons.
What part of speech is meat diaper?
Meat diaper is a noun.
What is the plural of meat diaper?
The plural of meat diaper is meat diapers.

Words near meat diaper in the dictionary

  1. meat box
  2. meat boxes
  3. meat crayon
  4. meat crayons
  5. meat curtains
  6. meat diaper
  7. meat diapers
  8. meat draw
  9. meat draws
  10. meat eater
  11. meat eaters

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