meatcase
meatcase noun: a refrigerated or chilled display case for selling meat and (sometimes) cheese.
Noun
meatcase (plural meatcases)
- A refrigerated or chilled display case for selling meat and (sometimes) cheese.
- Ham, turkey ( often smoked ), chicken breast, and roast beef are whole muscle products that are often sliced and sold along side luncheon meats in the meatcase.2001, John R. Romans, The Meat We Eat, page 783
- Finally he fetched up in front of the meatcase. Mr Fox rose and donned a white apron, old bloodstains bleached light pink, tied it in the back and approached the meatcase and switched on a light that illuminated rolls of baloney and rounds of cheese and a tray of thin sliced pork chops among the...2007, Cormac McCarthy, Child of God
Examples of meatcase in a sentence
- Finally he fetched up in front of the meatcase.2007, Cormac McCarthy, Child of God:
- A chicken was ascending slowly past the chrome rim of the meatcase.2011, William Gay, The Long Home:
Forms of meatcase
| plural | meatcases |
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Origin of meatcase
From meat + case.
Questions about meatcase
- What does meatcase mean?
- Meatcase means a refrigerated or chilled display case for selling meat and (sometimes) cheese.
- How do you use meatcase in a sentence?
- Finally he fetched up in front of the meatcase.
- What part of speech is meatcase?
- Meatcase is a noun.
- What is the plural of meatcase?
- The plural of meatcase is meatcases.
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