meat+and+drink

  • 21meat — meatless, adj. /meet/, n. 1. the flesh of animals as used for food. 2. the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats. 3. the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux: The… …

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  • 22meat */*/*/ — UK [miːt] / US [mɪt] noun Word forms meat : singular meat plural meats Talking or writing about meat: beef the meat of a cow pork the meat of a pig chicken the meat of a hen turkey the meat of a turkey lamb the meat of a young sheep mutton the… …

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  • 23meat — /mit / (say meet) noun 1. the flesh of animals as used for food. 2. food in general: meat and drink. 3. the edible part of anything, as a fruit, nut, etc. 4. Archaic the principal meal: to say grace before meat. 5. the main substance of something …

  • 24meat — n. 1 the flesh of animals (esp. mammals) as food. 2 (foll. by of) the essence or chief part of. 3 US the edible part of fruits, nuts, eggs, shellfish, etc. 4 archaic a food of any kind. b a meal. Phrases and idioms: meat and drink a source of… …

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  • 25drink — 1. напиток still drink негазированный напиток heating drink горячительный напиток carbonated drink газированный напиток sour milk drink кисло молочный напиток temperance drink безалкогольный напиток …

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  • 26meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …

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  • 28meat — noun 1》 the flesh of an animal (especially a mammal) as food.     ↘N. Amer. the edible part of fruits, nuts, or eggs.     ↘(the meat of) the essence or chief part of. 2》 archaic food of any kind. Phrases be meat and drink to Brit. 1》 be a source… …

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  • 29meat — noun 1) you need to cut down on your consumption of meat Syn: flesh, animal flesh 2) archaic meat and drink Syn: food, nourishment, sustenance, provisions, rations, fare, foodstuff(s), provender …

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  • 30meat — [[t]mit[/t]] n. 1) the flesh of animals as used for food 2) the edible part of anything, as a nut 3) the essential point or part; gist 4) solid food: meat and drink[/ex] 5) cvb substantial content; pith 6) a favorite activity: Chess is my… …

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