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    meat market

    noun

    • 1. a meeting place such as a bar or club for people seeking casual sexual partners. informal
  2. noun [ C ] uk / ˈmiːt ˌmɑː.kɪt / us / ˈmiːt ˌmɑːr.kɪt / meat market noun [C] (SHOPPING) Add to word list. a place where people go to buy meat: She bought lamb at the meat market. Fewer examples. There is a meat market, called a carniceria, which reminded me of the open markets in Mexico.

  3. The meaning of MEAT MARKET is a depersonalizing environment in which people are treated as sexual or economic resources. How to use meat market in a sentence.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Meat_marketMeat market - Wikipedia

    A meat market is, traditionally, a marketplace where meat is sold, often by a butcher. It is a specialized wet market. The term is sometimes used to refer to a meat retail store or butcher's shop, in particular in North America.

  5. noun. 1. a market where meat is sold. one of the biggest and oldest (c 1868) meat markets in the industrialized world. 2. informal. a bar, club, or other place where people go to pick up a sexual partner. spending Saturday night at a known meat market. The Piano Bar's a bit of a meat market. Collins English Dictionary.

  6. Definition of meat market noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. What does the noun meat market mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun meat market, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the noun meat market? About 0.2 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

  8. MEAT MARKET meaning: 1 : a place where meat is sold; 2 : a place where people are judged only on the basis of their physical qualities (such as sexual attractiveness or athletic ability)