MEATY (meatier, meatiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: meatier    , meatiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does meaty mean? 

• MEATY (adjective)
  The adjective MEATY has 2 senses:

1. like or containing meat

2. being on topic and prompting thought

  Familiarity information: MEATY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEATY (adjective)

Comparative: meatier   
Superlative: meatiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Like or containing meat

Context example:

enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal

Antonym:

meatless (lacking meat)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Being on topic and prompting thought

Synonyms:

meaty; substantive

Context example:

a meaty discussion

Similar:

meaningful (having a meaning or purpose)

Derivation:

meat (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)

 Context examples 

If I could only get a single good, meaty sentence which seemed to convey some sort of definite human idea, it would serve my turn.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sweet meaty taste, thin and elusive almost as a memory, maddened him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)