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How to use meat in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Meat means the flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food. Example: “A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.”

Examples of meat by meaning

nounThe flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.

  • A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
  • The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter.
  • In many parts of the world, shark meat is an acceptable and desirable form of protein.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 144

nounA type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

  • The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
  • It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same.2023, Seamus Bruner, Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
  • Regularly eating red and processed meats in particular is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of data from 31 study cohorts published Tuesday in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.2024 August 20, Madeline Holcombe, “There is a link between the meat you eat and a chronic disease, according to new research”, in CNN

nounFood, for animals or humans, especially solid food.

  • meat and drink

nounAny relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.

  • The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
  • She took her spoon and stirred the melted butter into the yellow meat of the yam.1954, Cothburn O'Neal, The Dark Lady, page 12

nounThe best or most substantial part of something.

  • "They have all the plot complications, meat and excitement that readers demand," he stated.2007, Robert Kenneth Jones, The Shudder Pulps, page 6

nounThe sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).

  • He hit it right on the meat of the bat.

nounA meathead.

  • Throw it in here, meat.

nounA totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

  • When a stranger comes to an aboriginal camp or settlement in north-western NSW, he is asked by one of the older aborigines: "What meat (clan) are you?"1949, Vol.XX, Oceania
  • Granny Sullivan was ‘dead against’ the match at first because they did not know "what my meat was and because I was a bit on the fair side."1973, M. Fennel, A. Grey, Nucoorilma
  • Some people maintained that she was "sung" because her family had killed or eaten the "meat" (totem) of another group.1977, A. K. Eckermann, Group Organisation and Identity

More sentences with meat

  • The way you keep eating raw meat, you're just begging to get tapeworms.From the entry beg
  • David's mother kept a kosher kitchen, with separate sets of dishes for meat and for dairy.From the entry kosher
  • Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.From the entry scrap
  • I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.From the entry zest
  • My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.From the entry mix
  • He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.From the entry mound
  • Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless.From the entry regardless
  • I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off.From the entry sniff
  • To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.From the entry tough
  • After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt.From the entry restrict
  • The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.From the entry savory
  • It's not a good idea to refreeze raw meat once it has been thawed.From the entry refreeze
  • I'll put all this meat in my freezer, and it'll keep me going for many months.From the entry keep going
  • Here are some leftover beans and meat; we can make a good potluck stew from them.From the entry potluck
  • My sister-in-law from Corsica makes the best quiche and the best meat pie in the world.From the entry meat pie
  • The meat was grilled as this was considered the healthier option.From the entry grilled
  • We threw the fish back because of its scrawniness; there was no meat on it.From the entry scrawniness
  • She looked perplexedly at the raw meat her waiter had set in front of her.From the entry perplexedly
  • They used raw meat to draw the beast out of the cave.From the entry draw out
  • His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup.From the entry chicken soup
  • A variety of fatty injectants may be used to create artificial marbling in meat.From the entry injectant
  • Anyone who attacks this fort will be turned to cat meat.From the entry cat meat
  • We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time.From the entry dog meat
  • Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!From the entry dog meat
  • The pet food was made from meat bulked out with rusk.From the entry bulk out

Meaning of meat

  1. noun The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.
  2. noun A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).
  3. noun A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

Full definition of meat

Questions about meat in a sentence

How do you use meat in a sentence?
Meat is used as a noun. For example: “A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.”
What is a short sentence with meat?
“meat and drink”
What does meat mean?
Meat means the flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.

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