CUT OF MEAT

Pronunciation (US):

• CUT OF MEAT (noun)
  The noun CUT OF MEAT has 1 sense:

1. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

  Familiarity information: CUT OF MEAT used as a noun is very rare.

• CUT OF MEAT (noun)

Meaning:

A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cut of meat; cut

Hypernyms ("cut of meat" is a kind of...):

meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut of meat"):

joint; roast (a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion)

steak (a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish)

loin (a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump)

sirloin (the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump)

tenderloin; undercut (the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column)

neck (a cut of meat from the neck of an animal)

cut of veal (piece of veal)

cut of mutton (piece of a mature sheep)

cut of lamb (piece of a lamb)

saddle (cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins)

rack (rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton)

brisket (a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef)

shin; shin bone (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)

confit (a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat)

chop (a small cut of meat including part of a rib)

chine (cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone)

leg (the limb of an animal used for food)

side; side of meat (a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food)

forequarter (the front half of a side of meat)

hindquarter (the back half of a side of meat)

cut of beef (piece of beef)

rib (cut of meat including one or more ribs)

shank (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)

cut of pork (piece of pork)