MEAT AND POTATOES meaning: Essential, basic elements or parts

We found 23 dictionaries that define the word meat and potatoes:

General (16 matching dictionaries)

meat-and-potatoes, meat and potatoes: Merriam-Webster
meat and potatoes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
meat-and-potatoes, meat and potatoes: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
meat and potatoes: Vocabulary.com
meat-and-potatoes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
meat-and-potatoes, meat and potatoes: Wiktionary
meat and potatoes: Infoplease Dictionary
meat-and-potatoes, meat and potatoes: Dictionary.com
meat-and-potatoes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Meat and potatoes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
meat and potatoes: Rhymezone
meat and potatoes: FreeDictionary.org
meat and potatoes: Mnemonic Dictionary
meat-and-potatoes, meat and potatoes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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meat-and-potatoes: Legal dictionary

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meat-and-potatoes: Encyclopedia

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meat-and-potatoes: Medical dictionary

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meat-and-potatoes, the meat and potatoes: Idioms

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meat and potatoes: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
meat and potatoes: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (meat and potatoes)

▸ adjective:  (informal) Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript.
▸ noun:  (US, informal) The essential part or parts of something.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes.

Opposite:

vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, non-meat

Phrases:

meat and potatoes dish, dish of stewed meat and sliced potatoes, meat and potatoes breakfast fare, more...

Adjectives:

buckshee, goody, gummy, nibbly, chipper, fat, beef, meated, beefy, snacky

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