Phrase guide

red meat

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Meats such as beef that are dark red in colour when uncooked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Fresh, inspiring, or inflammatory topics or information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, uncountable

Topics: government, politics

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noun

Meaning 3

meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: meat

History

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅肉 /红肉 (hóngròu) — meat
  • Danish: rødt kød — meat
  • Dutch: rood vlees — meat
  • Finnish: punainen liha — meat
  • French: viande rouge — meat
  • Hebrew: בָּשָֹר אָדֹם (basár adóm) — meat
  • Indonesian: daging merah — meat
  • Irish: feoil dhearg — meat
  • Irish: feoil fhola — meat
  • Italian: carne rossa — meat
  • Japanese: 赤肉 (akaniku) — meat
  • Korean: 붉은 고기 (bulgeun gogi) — meat
  • Korean: 적색육 (jeoksaegyuk) — meat
  • Polish: czerwone mięso — meat
  • Portuguese: carne vermelha — meat
  • Russian: кра́сное мя́со (krásnoje mjáso) — meat
  • Spanish: carne roja — meat
  • Swedish: rött kött — meat
  • Thai: เนื้อแดง (nʉ́ʉa-dɛɛng) — meat
  • Turkish: kırmızı et — meat