Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to meat.
- adjective Having the flavor or smell of meat.
- adjective Full of or containing meat.
- adjective Heavily fleshed.
- adjective Prompting considerable thought.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A bounding in meat; fleshy: as, meaty cattle.
- Resembling meat, or characteristic of it: as, a meaty flavor.
- Figuratively, pithy; full of meaning or significance; condensed, as a treatise giving much information in small compass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Abounding in meat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, or containing
meat . - adjective Resembling meat in
flavour , etc. - adjective Of a person or a body part, large and solid.
- adjective
Substantial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being on topic and prompting thought
- adjective like or containing meat
Etymologies
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Examples
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With notes of lavender, dark fruits and a certain meaty gravitas on the nose, this wine has gorgeous balance and integration of the components to make for a great texture.
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And, must people use words like "umami" when a perfectly serviceable equivalent word in English meaty or savory exists?
Make Reverse-Engineered KFC At Home | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Hard to describe, it is usually defined as a meaty, savory, satisfying taste.
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It looks moist and meaty, which is not what a cake should look like.
A Real Turkey 2009
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If you spent more you got more – namely a meaty, grabbing, visceral 16v 1.8.
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The stringy slow-cooked pork and corn niblets of the cochon and grits recalled a meaty Brunswick stew, but it was upstaged by the generous bed of grits laced with glistening pork jus.
NashvilleScene.com 2009
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The stringy slow-cooked pork and corn niblets of the cochon and grits recalled a meaty Brunswick stew, but it was upstaged by the generous bed of grits laced with glistening pork jus.
NashvilleScene.com 2009
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thanx bad lawyer. may the doc meat up with "bubba the weatherman" aka meaty urologist
BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Slaughterers have 'meaty' names like Gristle, Sinew, Tendon and Brisket.
Talking to Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell about the Edge Chronicles 2010
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Slaughterers have 'meaty' names like Gristle, Sinew, Tendon and Brisket.
Talking to Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell about the Edge Chronicles 2010
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