red meat

American  

noun

1. any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton (distinguished from white meat).

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red meat British  

noun

1. any meat that is dark in colour, esp beef and lamb Compare white meat

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Etymology

Origin of red meat

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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red meat

It doesn’t say anything about eating red meat that is high in saturated fat.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

Influencers showed off their high-protein diets filled with protein powders, eggs, egg whites, cottage cheese, poultry and red meat.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

Toward the book’s end they fantasize about a world in which your local Waffle House serves “mycelium-based steak and Impossible burgers for the patty melts,” with red meat unavailable at most restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Those few boos were silly but they probably reflected the lack of something to cheer about, the lack of red meat to chew on.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

Once when Kochu Maria took her to the butcher’s shop, Rahel noticed that the green five-rupee note that he gave them had a tiny blob of red meat on it.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy