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

However, the carnivore diet encourages eating lots of meat of all kinds — including cuts of red meat that are 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

The research on unprocessed red meat, however, is more mixed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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

The pleased butcher went into the icebox and returned holding up a gleaming white bone with creamy marrow in it and shreds of red meat clinging to the ends.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith