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meaty
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective meaty has 2 senses
- meaty(a = adj.all) Array - like or containing meat; "enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal" Derived form noun meat1
- meaty(s = adj.all) substantive - being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion" Derived form noun meat3
Antonym: meatless
OXFORD DICTIONARY
meaty, adj. (meatier, meatiest)
1 full of meat; fleshy.
2 of or like meat.
3 full of substance.
1 full of meat; fleshy.
2 of or like meat.
3 full of substance.
Derivative
meatily adv. meatiness n.
THESAURUS
meaty
adipose, allegorical, associational, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, compact, connotational, connotative, corpulent, definable, denotational, denotative, distended, dumpy, epigrammatic, expressive, extended, extensional, fat, fattish, figurative, fleshy, full, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, indicative, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, lusty, meaning, meaningful, metaphorical, obese, overweight, paunchy, pithy, plump, podgy, pointed, portly, potbellied, pregnant, pudgy, puffy, pursy, readable, referential, roly-poly, rotund, sententious, significant, significative, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, substantial, suggestive, swollen, symbolic, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, transferred, tubby, well-fed
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