white meat
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white meat
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From Middle English whyte mete, wyttemet, equivalent to white + meat.
noun white meats
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The breast portion of poultry.
Similar: breast, light meat · Opposite: dark meat
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Meats whose color, either before or after cooking, is considered white as opposed to red, including poultry, seafood, and pork in some uses.
Opposite: red meat
- Dairy produce (occasionally including eggs). [W]hite meates, as milk, butter ⁊ chéeſe, which were woont to be accoũted of as one of the chiefe ſtayes thorowout the Iſland, are now reputed as foode appertinent only to the inferiour ſoꝛt, […]
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noun light-coloured meat
| Español | carne blanca |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 白肉 báiròu |
| Português | carne branca |
| Deutsch | weißes Fleisch |
| Română | carne albă |
| Русский | бе́лое мя́со béloje mjáso |
| עברית | בָּשָׂר לָבָן basár laván |
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