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English Idioms :: meatball
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meatless.html - {n.}, {slang} A dull, boring, slow-witted, or uninteresting person. * /You'll never get an interesting story out of that meatball - stop inviting him./ |
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New English :: meat-free
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meatless.html - (Health and Fitness) (Lifestyle and Leisure) see -free |
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Traditional English :: meat
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meatless.html - n. 1 the flesh of animals (esp. mammals) as food. 2 (foll. by of) the essence or chief part of. 3 US the edible part of fruits, nuts, eggs, shellfish, etc. 4 archaic a food of any kind. b a meal. meat and drink a source of great pleasure. meat-axe a butcher's cleaver. meat-fly (pl. -flies) a fly that breeds in meat. meat loaf minced or chopped meat moulded into the shape of a loaf and baked. meat safe a cupboard for storing meat, usu. of wire gauze etc. meatless adj. [OE mete food f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: meatball
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meatless.html - n.
minced meat compressed into a small round ball. |
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Traditional English :: meatus
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meatless.html - n.
(pl. same or meatuses) Anat. a channel or passage in the body or its opening. [L, = passage f. meare flow, run] |
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Traditional English :: meaty
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meatless.html - adj. (meatier, meatiest) 1 full of meat; fleshy. 2 of or like meat. 3 full of substance. meatily adv. meatiness n. |
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