adjective
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of, relating to, or full of meat
a meaty stew
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heavily built; fleshy or brawny
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full of import or interest
a meaty discussion
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Judaism another word for fleishik
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Origin of meaty
Explanation
Something that's meaty is dense and chewy, or full of rich flavor, like meat. Believe it or not, a meaty portobello mushroom can be a good substitute for a hamburger. If you serve your guests a thick, meaty stew, that means it's actually full of chunks of meat, and when you cook a pan of vegetarian "bacon," it may smell so good and meaty that you tempt even your most carnivorous friends. A figurative way for something to be meaty is to be full of information or substance. A meaty essay will make your history teacher much happier than one that's thin and hastily written.
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The Court is more likely to take cases with specific, unresolved legal questions that represent a meaty issue with real-world relevance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
If you’re inspired, you can try out our new MarketWatch retirement questionnaire and ask a good, meaty question of your own.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
If you don’t have enough bones, Celenza says you can always do a 50/50 fortified stock using bouillon or even a flavor packet from ramen to round out the meaty flavor.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
In the lexicon of English cricket, a review usually means a raft of sackings, a meaty document and blaming county cricket.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
I could almost see the widow cleaning it behind closed doors, her big, meaty hands moving with as much care over the hard metal surfaces as they would over the planes of a corpse.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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The firm said its jack mackerel products were "clearly identified" and had been introduced following extensive product and consumer testing, describing it as having a "milder flavour and meatier texture".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Acquaintances can drift through conversational banalities or choose to engage in meatier, more satisfying subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“A defining example is how Joyce Chen created Peking ravioli with a meatier filling to appeal to the region’s Italian-influenced tastes, even using the name ‘ravioli’ as a familiar reference point,” says Doo.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
And yet: If the White House’s furniture, paintings, and wallpaper inspire the fervent scrutiny of the nation’s interior decorators, it is because meatier changes have been so rare.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025
“Aaron,” I say, my heart thundering, my breath catching and turning into meatier and meatier coughs.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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Dr Zelenitsky said that finding only the legs suggested that this teenage gorgosaurus "seems to have wanted the drumsticks - probably because that's the meatiest part".
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
The young Gorgosaurus also seems to have been choosy, Zelenitsky says, because it ate only the two hindlegs of each Citipes, the meatiest part of the prey.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
“Odds Against Tomorrow,” a naturalist film noir from 1959, is the meatiest of them — and his last picture for more than a decade, too.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
Of course, we can't really talk about vegetable ragù without addressing the meatiest veg of all: the mushroom.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021
Arrange drumsticks with meatiest portions toward outer edge of utensil.
From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Mitzi Perdue
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