meat

meat
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. pith, essence, substance, core. See food, meaning.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Animal flesh]
Syn. food, flesh, veal, mutton, lamb, chicken, turkey, goose, duck, rabbit, venison, goat's meat, horsemeat; see also beef 1 , pork .
Cuts and types of meat include: roast, cutlet, steak, filet, leg, shoulder, loin, Sirloin, tenderloin, rib, short rib, round, rump, chuck, brisket, plate, skirt, shank, flank, chop; liver, brains, kidneys, heart, bacon, ham, tripe, oxtail, sausage, frankfurter, hamburger; ground, chipped, dried, jerked, salt, pickled. Grades of meats include: prime, choice, select, standard, commercial, utility.
2. [Substance]
Syn. gist, heart of the matter, import, meaning, crux, content.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. flesh beef, veal, fat, pork, chicken, ham, bacon, sausage, venison, mutton, pastrami, hamburger, blubber, chop, loin, roast, cut, flank, steak, cutlet, rasher, sirloin, food.
2. gist heart, crux, essence, core, nub.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang: chow, eats, grub. See INGESTION. 2. The most central and material part: core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, nub, pith, quintessence, root1, soul, spirit, stuff, substance. Law: gravamen. See BE.

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