- meat
- nounADJECTIVE▪ fresh▪ bad, rancid, rotten, rotting▪
That meat smells rotten.
▪ tender▪Simmer the meat for 30 minutes until tender.
▪ tough▪ lean▪ fatty▪ dark, red, white▪ raw, uncooked▪ rare, undercooked▪ cooked, cured, dried, grilled, processed, roast, salted, smoked▪ cold▪a plate of cold meats
▪ frozen▪ ground (AmE), mince (usually mincemeat) (esp. BrE), minced▪ canned, lunch (usually lunchmeat) (AmE), luncheon, potted, tinned (BrE)▪ hamburger (esp. AmE), sausage (esp. BrE)▪ organic▪ halal, kosher▪ crab, goat, horse, etc.… OF MEAT▪ bit, chunk, lump, piece, slab, slice▪ cut, joint (BrE)▪She always buys the cheaper cuts of meat.
VERB + MEAT▪ consume, eat▪The animals do not hunt and rarely consume meat.
▪Do you eat meat?
▪ chew, chew on▪ barbecue, cook, fry, grill, roast, stew▪Fry the meat in a little olive oil.
▪ marinate▪ tenderize▪ brown, seal (BrE)▪Turn the meat frequently to brown it.
▪ chop, cube (esp. BrE), cut, dice, grind (AmE), mince▪ bone▪ carve, sliceMEAT + VERB▪ be off (esp. BrE), go off, rot, spoil (esp. AmE)▪The meat has gone off.
MEAT + NOUN▪ ball (usually meatballs), broth (esp. AmE), dish, loaf, patty (esp. AmE), pie (esp. BrE), stew▪recipes for simple meat dishes
▪ products▪ market▪ cleaver, grinder (AmE) (mincer in BrE), slicer, tenderizer▪ hook▪ locker (esp. AmE)▪It was so cold, it was like a meat locker.
▪ cutter, packer (both AmE)▪He eventually found employment as a meat cutter.
▪ eater▪I'm not a great meat eater.
▪ content (esp. BrE)▪These pies have a low meat content.
▪ packing (AmE), production▪ consumption▪Canada's meat consumption
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
