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white meat

noun

  1. any meat that is light-colored before cooking, as veal or chicken ( red meat ).
  2. meat that is light-colored after cooking, as veal or breast of chicken or of turkey ( dark meat ).
  3. Slang: Vulgar. a white person considered as a sexual partner.
  4. Southern U.S. salt pork, fatback, or other pork without any lean.
  5. Archaic. food made from milk.


white meat

noun

  1. any meat that is light in colour, such as veal or the breast of turkey Compare red meat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of white meat1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
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Example Sentences

To be sure, tryptophan as a white pill, not a slab of white meat, is used by some as a sleeping aid.

This would be great with white meat and cream sauces (think chicken pot pie).

So read labels and try to stick with the lean patties made with white meat or a white/dark mix.

Tom put the crab in the basket, knowing well what delicious white meat was in the fellow's legs and back.

Taste: Slightly acid and mucilaginous when raw; after cooking somewhat suggesting white meat of chicken.

There is no particular difference, as is commonly supposed, between the red and white meat of poultry.

Poultry having both dark and white meat is usually served according to the taste of each individual at the table.

Cook slowly until the meat is tender and then remove the white meat.

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