# meat and drink

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
From meat in the archaic sense of food.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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