as in meat
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables
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Recent Examples of flesh
Even at the larval stage of his career, Cronenberg knew how to make our flesh crawl and to scandalize the scolds.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
When buying fresh turmeric, choose firm, spot-free roots with bright yellow or orange flesh.
—Regina C. Windsor, Mph, Rdn, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Then God spoke to him, and the bones reconfigured into skeletons, the skeletons filled out with flesh, and the wind began to blow toward them from all directions.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Finding a path and building some ‘flesh and bone’ on that, making a human being.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
When buying fresh turmeric, choose firm, spot-free roots with bright yellow or orange flesh.
—Regina C. Windsor, Mph, Rdn, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Then God spoke to him, and the bones reconfigured into skeletons, the skeletons filled out with flesh, and the wind began to blow toward them from all directions.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Finding a path and building some ‘flesh and bone’ on that, making a human being.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flesh
meat
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Many foods contain a good amount of tryptophan, including meats, seafood, dairy, grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
12 May 2025
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Hernández’s version incorporates bacon and ham, and calls for a mixture of garlic, spices and meat to marinate for a week before being simmered into a hearty, comforting soup.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025
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“Flesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flesh. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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