{
    "term": "meat",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the soft part of an animal or a bird that can be eaten as food; a particular type of this",
            "labels": "(figurative, humorous)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a piece/slice of meat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "horse meat *(= from a horse)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "meat-eating animals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you eat meat?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their diet consists of lean meat and vegetables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Store raw meat on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator."
                },
                {
                    "text": "cured meat *(= treated with smoke, salt, etc to preserve it)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many processed meats have unhealthy levels of sodium."
                },
                {
                    "text": "meat products"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Use the highest quality cuts of meat, fish or poultry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's not much meat on this chop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There’s not much meat on her *(= she is very thin)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not a great meat eater."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He buys fresh meat and fish daily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fry the meat in a little olive oil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She always buys the cheaper cuts of meat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Simmer the meat for 30 minutes until tender."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That meat smells rotten."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animals do not hunt and rarely consume meat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These pies have a low meat content."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Turn the meat frequently to brown it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "recipes for simple meat dishes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a plate of cold meats"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His favourite food is meat and vegetable stew."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They make fully cooked, ready-to-eat meat products."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "bad", "rancid"],
                "… of meat": ["bit", "chunk", "lump"],
                "verb + meat": ["consume", "eat", "chew"],
                "meat + verb": ["be off", "go off", "rot"],
                "meat + noun": ["ball", "broth", "dish"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the important or interesting part of something",
            "sensetop": "meat (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's get right to **the meat of the matter** and address the problem."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "substance"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in serious trouble",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If anyone finds out, you're dead meat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who seems easy to defeat or cheat",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rogue traders saw elderly people as easy meat for overcharging."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something that somebody enjoys very much",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This degree of chaos is meat and drink to Guy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that is a normal thing to deal with for somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This kind of research task is meat and drink to these students."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that different people like different things; what one person likes very much, another person does not like at all",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/miːt/",
                "audio": "me/meat/meat__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/miːt/",
                "audio": "me/meat/meat__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin."
}