food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink"

stew meat - tough meat that needs stewing to be edible

bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

game - the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

dark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food

raw meat - uncooked meat

red meat - meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)

organs, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal

cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

cold cuts - sliced assorted cold meats

boeuf, beef - meat from an adult domestic bovine

carbonado - a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled

halal - (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah

jerked meat, jerky - meat cut in strips and dried in the sun

pemican, pemmican - lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians

veal, veau - meat from a calf

horseflesh, horsemeat - the flesh of horses as food

mouton, mutton - meat from a mature domestic sheep

lamb - the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

porc, pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig

sausage - highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings

sausage meat - any meat that is minced and spiced and cooked as patties or used to fill sausages

escargot, snail - edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

protein - any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes; "a diet high in protein"

hexadecanoic acid, palmitic acid - a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products

plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus

seed - a small hard fruit

cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"

hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality

haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something

stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"