Word Meanings - MEAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. Chaucer. And God said,

Additional info about word: MEAT

hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. Chaucer. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. Gen. ix. 3. 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. 3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. Chaucer. Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit. -- Meat earth , vegetable mold. Raymond. -- Meat fly. See Flesh fly, under Flesh. -- Meat offering , an offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil. -- To go to meat, to go to a meal. -- To sit at meat, to sit at the table in taking food.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MEAT)

• Ailment
• Food
• sustentation
• nutriment
• pabulum
• victuals
• provision
• meat
• sustenance
• nourishment
• Victuals
• fare
• provisions
• bread
• viands
• repast

Related words: (words related to MEAT)

• REPASTURE
  Food; entertainment. Food for his rage, repasture for his den. Shak.
• BREADEN
  Made of bread.
• AILMENT
  Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.
• BREADBASKET
  The stomach. S. Foote.
• BREADFRUIT
  The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
• BREADTHWISE
  In the direction of the breadth.
• PROVISIONARY
  Provisional. Burke.
• PROVISIONAL
  Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
• BREADTHLESS
  Without breadth.
• REPAST
  L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to 1. The act of taking food. From dance to sweet repast they turn. Milton. 2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham.
• SUSTENTATION
  The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation fund , a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free
• BREADROOT
  The root of a leguminous plant , found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food. Note: It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs.
• BREADSTUFF
  Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
• PROVISION
  A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation. (more info) 1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak. 2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought
• NUTRIMENTAL
  Nutritious.
• PABULUM
  The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
• REPASTER
  One who takes a repast.
• BREADCORN
  Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.
• BREAD
  To spread. Ray.
• NUTRIMENT
  1. That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South. 2.
• ASSAILMENT
  The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson.
• SWINEBREAD
  The truffle.
• WAILMENT
  Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. Bp. Hacket.
• SHEWBREAD
  See SHOWBREAD
• IMPROVISION
  Improvidence. Sir T. Browne.
• AVAILMENT
  Profit; advantage.
• WAYBREAD
  The common dooryard plantain .
• RETAILMENT
  The act of retailing.