Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meat diaper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: meat -di-a-per
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of meat pad.

Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial; Humorous

Example Sentences

"Of course, the remains of meat in fresh garbage or at a landfill are not the most pleasing archaeological artifacts that one can handle. The packaging is bathed in blood and in a kind of clear slime whose viscosity feels to the touch like that of molten gristle. The associated artifacts include the familiar absorbent deli pad, or "meat diaper," that drips sanguinary rivulets on the garbage-sorters' aprons."
"In a world where our steak usually arrives pre-ground in a polystyrene tray, sitting on a meat diaper in a modified-atmosphere bubble, perhaps the cow tunnels represent the city’s agricultural unconscious, returning in the form of rumour and legend."
"The meat diaper plays a crucial role in maintaining cleanliness when serving meat dishes such as steak, burgers and fried chicken."

Etymology

From meat + diaper, because the absorbent pad which soaks up liquid from the raw meat resembles the functions of that of a diaper for urine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

meat diapers (plural)

Synonyms

meat pad

Questions

What does meat diaper mean?: Synonym of meat pad.
Where does meat diaper come from?: From meat + diaper, because the absorbent pad which soaks up liquid from the raw meat resembles the functions of that of a diaper for urine.

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