meat eater

collocation in English

meaningsofmeatandeater

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meat
noun
uk
/miːt/us
/miːt/
the flesh of an animal when it is used ...
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eater
noun[C]
uk
/ˈiː.tər/us
/ˈiː.t̬ɚ/
someone who eats a particular amount or type of food, eats in a particular way, or has a particular attitude ...
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(Definition ofmeatandeaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeat eater

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We had a great discussion about how ameateatermight be more commercial, but there are all sorts of things going for this dinosaur' '.
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A dangerous dinosaur indeed, this saw-toothedmeateaterwith its immense expandable jaws and claw bearing toes is a challenge to hunt.
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I am sometimes described as partly vegetarian, but many of us might be better described as partly meat eaters.
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As the standards of living throughout the rest of the world rise, people who in the old days were not meat eaters become meat eaters.
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We must prepare for the meat eaters, and we must quickly decide what and where we are going to offer them.
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Ever since comparative figures have been available, we have among the most prolific meat eaters, but that is no longer the case.
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This is based on no particular logic, but only on the expedient consideration that we are meat eaters.
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The call, when overused, can scare plant eaters, or attract meat eaters to your location, so be careful.
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In this they concluded that meat eaters are less social and more selfish than non-meat eaters.
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One large prospective study found that non-meat-eaters had only half the risk of meat eaters of requiring an emergency appendectomy.
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