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.
The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
Specialty at Taco Mike's kitchen. Formally a living animal - not necessarily a cow, pig or chicken - now food.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
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"
The flesh of an animal that can be eaten.
mete. Food in general [anglo-saxon].
Tissue of the animal body that are used for food.
means the flesh of animals used as food including the dressed flesh of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats and other edible animals, except fish, poultry, and wild game animals.
1. The flesh (muscles, fat and related tissues) of animals used for food. 2. The edible part of nuts.
Meat, in its broadest definition, is animal tissue used as food. Most often it references to skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to non-muscle organs, including lungs, livers, skin, brains, bone marrow and kidneys. The word meat is also used by the meat packing and butchering industry in a more restrictive sense - the flesh of mammalian species (pigs, cattle, etc.) raised and butchered for human consumption, to the exclusion of seafood, fish, poultry, game, and insects.