Definitions
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English mete (“food”), from Old English mete (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *mati (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; grease, fat”).
Used in a sentence
“A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.”
“The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter.”
“In many parts of the world, shark meat is an acceptable and desirable form of protein.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Animal protein”4 letters
02“Protein from an animal”4 letters
03“Protein from livestock”4 letters
04“Steak or chicken”4 letters
05“Flesh used as food”4 letters
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