meat

meat [ mit ] noun ***

1. ) uncount the flesh of an animal or bird eaten as food

a ) count a particular type of meat:

You can choose from a selection of meats.

2. ) uncount INFORMAL interesting or important parts of something such as a book, movie, or newspaper article:

a lot of nice words but not much meat

the meat of something: Let's examine the meat of her argument.

meat and drink to someone INFORMAL

something that someone especially enjoys, usually because they do it well:

This kind of shot is meat and drink to a player like him.

meat and potatoes INFORMAL

the most important part of something:

The meat and potatoes of any contract is money.

not be much meat on someone

used for saying that someone is too thin

one man's meat is another man's poison MAINLY SPOKEN

used for saying that not everyone likes the same things