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Definition of "meatless" []

  • Lacking meat. (adjective)
  • Being or relating to a time when meat is not to be eaten: meatless days. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "meatless" in a sentence
  • "Many modern Italians would make the dish truly di magro by omitting the meat, but out of respect for the old recipes and the traditons behind them, I decided to leave the pancetta or prosciutto called for in the ingredients lists, put the word meatless in quotes"
  • "Kate Moss goes 'meatless' on Mondays man Paul McCartney challenged the world to go "meatless" on Mondays, supermodel Kate Moss jumped on board."
  • "Good job, PETA ... just when I thought you couldn't do any better than inpiring idiots to make that People Eating Tasty Animals joke every time I even mention I am a vegetarian ... you team up with a guy who called meatless mondays a form of indoctrination."
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