Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meat and drink

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: meat and -drink
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That on which somebody survives, or which makes their existence meaningful; means of subsistence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The work he had done in instructing the woman; the work he had to do among the Samaritans; the prospect he now had of doing good to many, this was meat and drink to him; it was the greatest pleasure and satisfaction imaginable."
"This sort of thing is meat and drink to the born Controller—and Controllers are born with the right imperturbable temperament for the job; hence the fact that they are recruited from many different grades of operating staff, and some recruits don't stay the course."

Etymology

From meat in the archaic sense of food.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does meat and drink mean?: That on which somebody survives, or which makes their existence meaningful; means of subsistence.
Where does meat and drink come from?: From meat in the archaic sense of food.

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