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| 1. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food | |
| Related terms: | foodstuff food pork beef mouton sausage game pemmican bird horsemeat lamb cut sausage_meat escargot cold_cuts variety_meat carbonado stew_meat dark_meat veal raw_meat jerky halal red_meat protein palmitic_acid au_jus | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone | |
| Synonyms: | kernel | |
| Examples: | : "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" |
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| Related terms: | plant_part seed | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | |
| Synonyms: | center substance essence core heart sum heart_and_soul marrow pith nub inwardness nitty-gritty gist kernel | |
| Examples: | : "the gist of the prosecutor's argument" "the heart and soul of the Republican Party" "the nub of the story" |
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| Related terms: | content stuff hypostasis haecceity bare_bones quintessence summate | |
| Similar spelling: |
meaty meth mete Meta meet Meda Mehta media Medea MEd meed Mead |
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