white meat
/'wait'mi:t/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The light-colored meat from the breast or other front parts of poultry, such as chicken or turkey: This term specifically refers to the pale, lean flesh from these areas, which contrasts with the darker "dark meat" from the legs and thighs.
- More broadly, meat that is light in color before and after cooking: In some contexts, it can refer to other pale meats like veal, pork, or rabbit, though this usage is less common and can be regionally specific.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- I prefer the white meat from the turkey breast; it's less fatty.
- For a healthier option, the recipe calls for skinless chicken white meat.
- The platter had both dark and white meat from the roasted chicken.
Advanced Usage
- "The white meat": Used to specify the pale meat from poultry, often in contrast to dark meat.
- At Thanksgiving, my uncle always asks for the white meat.
- Conceptual use in broader comparisons: Sometimes used metaphorically or in non-culinary contexts to describe something considered lighter, milder, or less intense.
- In terms of risk, government bonds are considered the white meat of the investment world. (Note: This is a figurative extension and not the primary definition.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dark meat (n): The darker, often more flavorful meat from the legs and thighs of poultry.
- Some people find dark meat to be more juicy than white meat.
- Poultry (n): Domesticated birds kept for meat or eggs, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese.
- Breast (n): The front part of a bird's body; the primary source of white meat in poultry.
Synonyms
- Light meat: A direct synonym, especially when referring to poultry.
- Breast meat: A more specific term for white meat from the breast of a bird.
Related Phrases
- Stick to white meat: An informal phrase suggesting a dietary choice to eat only poultry breast or other light meats, often for health reasons.
- Since his check-up, he's decided to stick to white meat and fish.
Related Idioms
- To be like white meat and dark meat: An idiom (though not extremely common) used to describe two things that are fundamentally part of the same whole but have different characteristics.
- The two departments are like white meat and dark meat—both essential to the company but operating very differently.
Noun
- meat carved from the breast of a fowl