meat market
A market where meat is soldA market where meat is sold.
» There's fruit and meat in this market.
Es gibt Obst und Fleisch auf diesem Markt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
На этом рынке есть фрукты и мясо. — odexed
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3 sensesA market where meat is sold.
Fleischmarkt, Fleischerei
a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
(colloquial, idiomatic)A place where one goes to find a date or a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.
(colloquial)A place or situation abounding in men, especially beefcake.
Examples
4 sentencesThere's fruit and meat in this market.
ruНа этом рынке есть фрукты и мясо. — odexed
deEs gibt Obst und Fleisch auf diesem Markt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Are you going to the meat market?
ruВы едете на мясной рынок? — marafon
There was no fresh meat in the market today, so you'll have to content yourselves with something out of a tin.
Virologists believe COVID originated from a meat market in Wuhan, China.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The colloquial sense was coined in the 1950s. Sex has been likened to meat since as earlyThe colloquial sense was coined in the 1950s. Sex has been likened to meat since as early as the 16th century, with such references to it as "have a jumble in the giblets" and "have a bit of mutton", not to mention "carnal relations".
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Forms
plural: meat markets| Singular | meat market |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold:butcher shop
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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