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MEAT SAFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meat safe mean? 

MEAT SAFE (noun)
  The noun MEAT SAFE has 1 sense:

1. a safe for storing meatplay

  Familiarity information: MEAT SAFE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEAT SAFE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A safe for storing meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("meat safe" is a kind of...):

safe (a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


 Context examples 


So the Eytalian ’e lets swing again, but Bob ’e jumps inside an’ ’e lets ’im ’ave it plumb square on the meat safe as ’ard as ever the Lord would let ’im put it in.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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