Merriam Webster Online says:
Main Entry: meat
Pronunciation: 'mEt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mete, from Old English; akin to Old High German maz food
1 a : FOOD; especially : solid food as distinguished from drink b : the edible part
of something as distinguished from its covering (as a husk or shell)
2 : animal tissue considered
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