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overbrim
/ əʊvəˈbrɪm /
VERB
Meaning of meat in English:

meat
Pronunciation /miːt/
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NOUN

[mass noun]

1 The �esh of an animal, typically a mammal or

bird, as food (the �esh of domestic fowls is
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sometimes distinguished as poultry)
‘pieces of meat’
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1.1 The �esh of a person's body.

‘this'll put meat on your bones!’

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1.2 North American The edible part of fruits,

nuts, or eggs.
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‘Her face was screwed up in a comical Than Any Other Language?
expression of extreme disgust that soon
changed to a sheepish grin as she saw
that the fruit's meat lay exposed just
under the rind.’ Words for Places
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1.3 (the meat of) The chief part of something. arid, sandy country

‘he did the meat of the climb on the �rst

a luxuriant, dense forest
day’
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2 archaic Food of any kind.

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2.1 A meal. TRENDING WORDS

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meat and potatoes 3. impeachable
North American
Basic and essential aspects. 4. de�agration
 ‘the club's meat and potatoes remains blues 5. rodomontade
performers’
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easy meat
informal
A person who is easily overcome or outwitted.
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be meat and drink to

British
1 Be a source of great pleasure to.

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2 Be a customary matter for.

‘the commercial market-research business

that is meat and drink to most pollsters’
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one man's meat is another man's poison

proverb
Things liked or enjoyed by one person may be
distasteful to another.

‘These very di�erent concepts require very

di�erent musical interpretations, and one
man's meat is another man's poison.’
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meat and two veg

1 A dish consisting of meat served with two
varieties of vegetable.

2 British humorous A man's genitals.

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Origin
Old English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in
sweetmeat), of Germanic origin.

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