as in meat
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables
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Though technically a member of the stone fruit family, berries like blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries have little droplets of flesh that are delicate and best kept at low temperatures.
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Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
To equate coca with the raw alkaloid is, in fact, as misguided as suggesting that the delicious flesh of a peach is equivalent to the hydrogen cyanide found in every peach pit.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
These twisted fusions of flesh and steel challenge mechwarriors for mastery of the battlefield.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
For centuries, vultures efficiently helped with the funeral rites, quickly stripping the flesh from the bones within hours.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
To equate coca with the raw alkaloid is, in fact, as misguided as suggesting that the delicious flesh of a peach is equivalent to the hydrogen cyanide found in every peach pit.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
These twisted fusions of flesh and steel challenge mechwarriors for mastery of the battlefield.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
For centuries, vultures efficiently helped with the funeral rites, quickly stripping the flesh from the bones within hours.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flesh
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“Flesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flesh. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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