meat grinder | any action resulting in injury or destruction, the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation, allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder |
meatpacking meat packing meat-packing business | wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) |
butcher shop meat market | a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold |
cleaver meat cleaver chopper | a butcher's knife having a large square blade |
meat counter | counter where meats are displayed for sale |
meat grinder | a mill for grinding meat |
meat hook | a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung |
meat house | a small house (on a farm) where meat is stored |
meat safe | a safe for storing meat |
meat thermometer | a thermometer that is inserted into the center of a roast (with the top away from the heat source), used to measure how well done the meat is |
smokehouse meat house | a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish |
hooks meat hooks maulers | large strong hand (as of a fighter), wait till I get my hooks on him |
meat and potatoes | the fundamental part, successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
canned meat tinned meat | meat preserved in a can or tin |
stew meat | tough meat that needs stewing to be edible |
breast white meat | meat carved from the breast of a fowl |
meat | the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
dark meat | the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food |
raw meat | uncooked meat |
red meat | meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton) |
variety meat organs | edible viscera of a butchered animal |
cut cut of meat | a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass |
side side of meat | a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food |
jerky jerked meat jerk | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun |
sausage meat | any meat that is minced and spiced and cooked as patties or used to fill sausages |
lunch meat luncheon meat | any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold |
dried fruit | fruit preserved by drying |
dried apricot | apricots preserved by drying |
coconut coconut meat | the edible white meat of a coconut, often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries |
powdered milk dry milk dried milk milk powder | dehydrated milk |
meat loaf meatloaf | a baked loaf of ground meat |
meat pie | pie made with meat or fowl enclosed in pastry or covered with pastry or biscuit dough |
meat packer packer | a wholesaler in the meat-packing business |
kernel meat | the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone, black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell |
flesh-eating(a) meat-eating(a) zoophagous | (of animals) carnivorous |
dried dehydrated desiccated | preserved by removing natural moisture, dried beef, dried fruit, dehydrated eggs, shredded and desiccated coconut meat |
freeze-dried | preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum, freeze-dried coffee |
lyophilized lyophilised freeze-dried | used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances, dried by freezing in a high vacuum |
smoked smoke-cured smoke-dried | (used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke |
sun-dried sundried | dried naturally by the sun, sun-dried apricots |
cut-and-dried cut-and-dry | according to ordinary expectations |
air-dried | made dry by contact with unheated air |
desiccated dried-out | thoroughly dried out, old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars, dried-out boards beginning to split |
dried | not still wet, the ink has dried, a face marked with dried tears |
dried-up | depleted of water, a dried-up water hole |
dried-up sere sear shriveled shrivelled withered | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture, dried-up grass, the desert was edged with sere vegetation, shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings, withered vines |
kiln-dried | dried in a kiln |
spray-dried | dried by bringing a sprayed substance (e.g. milk or soap) into contact with hot air and recovering it in the form of a powder |