eating feeding | the act of consuming food |
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) |
great white shark white shark man-eater man-eating shark Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
crab-eating opossum | South American opossum |
crabeater seal crab-eating seal | silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans |
crab-eating dog crab-eating fox Dusicyon cancrivorus | wild dog of northern South America |
crab-eating macaque croo monkey Macaca irus | monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines |
crab-eating raccoon Procyon cancrivorus | a South American raccoon |
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 |
cutlery eating utensil | tableware implements for cutting and eating food |
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 |
restaurant eating house eating place eatery | a building where people go to eat |
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 |
eating apple dessert apple | an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking |
coconut coconut meat | the edible white meat of a coconut, often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries |
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 |
erosion eroding eating away wearing wearing away | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) |
eating disorder | a disorder of the normal eating routine |
bulimia binge-eating syndrome | a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and selfondemnation |
flesh-eating(a) meat-eating(a) zoophagous | (of animals) carnivorous |
carpophagous fruit-eating(a) | feeding on fruit |
grass-eating(a) | feeding on grasses |
plant-eating(a) phytophagic phytophagous phytophilous | (of animals) feeding on plants |