Meat

What “Meat” means

Noun

1. The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.
2. A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).
3. A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
4. Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food.
5. A type of food, a dish.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat 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”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Miit (“meat”), Danish mad (“food”), Faroese and Icelandic matur (“food, meal”), Norn mader (“food”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish mat (“food”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats, “food”). A -ja- derivation from the same base is found in Middle Dutch and Middle Low German met (“lean pork”), from which Dutch met (“minced pork”) and German Mett (“minced meat”) derive, respectively. Compare also Old Irish mess (“animal feed”) and Welsh mes (“acorns”), English mast (“fodder for swine and other anima

Business name ideas with “Meat”

Industries where “Meat” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Meat Markets
• Meat Processed from Carcasses
• Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers
• Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing