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meat
has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food,botany
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Human nature was not a piece of meat you could tell was bad by its smell . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)The meat wagon , therefore , was not out in_front of the house any_more , but the cluster of squad_cars was still there and there was a cop on the door downstairs to screen any comings and goings . |
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[ noun ] (botany) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
Synonyms Examples : "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Examples : "the gist of the prosecutor's argument" "the heart and soul of the Republican Party" "the nub of the story" Related terms content stuff hypostasis haecceity bare_bones quintessence summate |
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