| broth | In the food industry, a thin liquid which is made by boiling meat or vegetables or bones and is used in preparing other foods. It can be found in powder form in most grocery stores. <cell culture> A liquid medium containing a variety of nutrients which is used to grow cultures of bacteria and other microorganisms. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| meat | 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . To you it shall be for meat." (Gen. I. 29) "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you." (Gen. Ix. 3) 2. The flesh of animals used as food; especially, animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. 3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. Meat biscuit. See Biscuit. <chemical> Meat earth, vegetable mold. Meat fly. <zoology> An offering of food, especially. Of a cake made of flour with salt and oil. To go to meat, to go to a meal. To sit at meat, to sit at the table in taking food. Origin: OE. Mete, AS. Mete; akin to OS. Mat, meti, D. Met hashed meat, G. Mettwurst sausage, OHG. Maz food, Icel. Matr, Sw. Mat, Dan. Mad, Goth. Mats. Cf. Mast fruit, Mush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meat-packing industry | The aggregate enterprise of technically producing packaged meat. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meat products | Articles of food which are derived by a process of manufacture from any portion of carcasses of any animal used for food (e.g., head cheese, sausage, scrapple). (12 Dec 1998) |
| duck's-meat | <botany> Duckweed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |