Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

processed meat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: pro-cessed meat
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any meat that has been modified to preserve or improve its flavor through methods like smoking, curing, salting, or adding chemical preservatives; includes (mechanically separated) lunch meat (like salami), as well as hotdogs and sausage.

Example Sentences

"Fatty, processed luncheon meats like bologna, salami and pepperoni have large amounts of saturated fat and sodium, both of which have been linked to cancer, obesity and heart disease ... In fact, processed meats are actually considered carcinogenic."

Etymology

From processed + meat.

Inflected Forms

processed meats (plural)

Questions

What does processed meat mean?: Any meat that has been modified to preserve or improve its flavor through methods like smoking, curing, salting, or adding chemical preservatives; includes (mechanically separated) lunch meat (like salami), as well as hotdogs and sausage.
Where does processed meat come from?: From processed + meat.

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