white meat

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white meat

Light-colored meat, especially of poultry.

white meat

(Cookery) any meat that is light in colour, such as veal or the breast of turkey Compare red meat

white meat - The pale meat of poultry, rabbit, or veal; red meat is from beef or lamb.

See also related terms for lamb.

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Noun

white meat - meat carved from the breast of a fowl

breast

helping, serving, portion - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food

turkey - flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

Translations

white meat n → carni fpl bianche

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