piece of meat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpieceandmeat
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piece
noun[C]
uk/piːs/us/piːs/
a part ...
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meat
noun
uk/miːt/us/miːt/
the flesh of an animal when it is used ...
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(Definition ofpieceandmeatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpiece of meat
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A smallpieceofmeatsupplied from a feeder served as reward.
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Take another example, and consider apieceofmeatthat is being cooked.
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In other words, the animal is just apieceofmeat.
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Apieceofmeatcan perhaps be labelled, but nothing which derives from it can be, not minced meat and nothing, nothing, nothing more!
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We have not been able to purchase apieceofmeatfor months.
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He would require to have an extra assistant carefully to inspect everypieceofmeat.
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There is no meat in it, or if apieceofmeatis encountered it is more of a surprise than an expectation.
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There is nothing to stop anyone taking out apieceofmeat.
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If the word "price" means the price for the wholepieceofmeatand nothing else, it is all right.
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Apieceofmeatcan be cut off in no time with a power saw, even though the meat is frozen solid.
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Consumers who want a steak must be given a steak and not apieceofmeatthat has been glued together.
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That was a pretty thinpieceofmeatbetween two singularly soggy pieces of bread.
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Apieceofmeatglued together with thrombin should never be allowed to go on sale as ham.
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Properly reared chicken will be a betterpieceofmeatwhen it goes on the plate.
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One man would get a piece of bone and another would get apieceofmeat.
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I saw him and his assistants, when they had finished with onepieceofmeat, go into the huge refrigerator, where they dissected the carcase.
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It is no use offering low-paid workers or pensioners an ice-cream cornet when they need apieceofmeator a bag of sugar.
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They all believe that they are putting a largepieceofmeatin the pot and receiving a small piece out of it.
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The numerous factors go far beyond what it is possible to specify on a label attached to apieceofmeat.
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Obviously meat coming to this country is as of apieceofmeat, but it is processed here.
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