Meat vs. Pith

Meatnoun

(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.

Meatnoun

(countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

Meatnoun

Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.

Meatnoun

A type of food, a dish.

Meatnoun

A meal.

Meatnoun

(uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.

Meatnoun

(slang) A penis.

Meatnoun

(colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.

Meatnoun

(sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).

Meatnoun

A meathead.

Meatnoun

(Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

Meatnoun

Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.

Meatnoun

The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.

Meatnoun

Dinner; the chief meal.

Meatverb

To supply with food.

Meatnoun

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

Meatnoun

the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone;

Meatnoun

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

Meat

Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times.

Pithnoun

(botany) The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.

Pithnoun

The spongy interior substance of a feather.

Pithnoun

(anatomy) The spinal cord; the marrow.

Pithnoun

(botany) The albedo of a citrus fruit.

Pithnoun

(figuratively) The essential or vital part; force; energy; importance.

Pithverb

(transitive) To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).

Pithverb

(transitive) To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.

Pithnoun

The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.

Pithnoun

The spongy interior substance of a feather.

Pithnoun

Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.

Pithverb

To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.

Pithnoun

soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants

Pithnoun

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

Pithnoun

the spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.

Pithnoun

the spongy cellular tissue in the stems and branches of many higher plants.

Pithnoun

spinal marrow.

Pithnoun

the essence of something

Pithnoun

vigour and conciseness of expression

Pithverb

remove the pith from

Pithverb

pierce or sever the spinal cord of (an animal) so as to kill or immobilize it.

Pith

Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which in some cases can store starch.