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1. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
    
2. The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
   - kernel
    
3. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
   - kernel, substance, core, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

Sounds like: meet, mete

Derived forms: meats

See also: meaty

Type of: cognitive content, content, food, grub, kai [NZ], khana [Asia], mental object, plant part, plant structure, solid food

Part of: seed

Encyclopedia: Meat