Definition of Meat safe

1. Noun. A safe for storing meat.


Definition of Meat safe

1. Noun. A ventilated cupboard used to keep meat away from flies and similar pests. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meat Safe

meat hook
meat hooks
meat house
meat loaf
meat markets
meat packer
meat packing
meat pie
meat pies
meat puppets
meat raffle
meat safe (current term)
meat shield
meat shields
meat space
meat sticks
meat thermometer
meat ticket
meat tray
meat trays
meat wagon
meat wagons
meatal
meatal cartilage
meatal spine

Literary usage of Meat safe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian by Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (1892)
"671 Oleole kau ipu, There was no such thing as a meat-safe in the economy of an ancient Hawaiian house, and to pre. serve food from pigs, dogs and rats it ..."

2. Tropical Trials: A Hand-book for Women in the Tropics by Shelley Leigh Hunt, Alexander S. Kenny (1883)
"HINTS ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY — Native Cooks—The Cook-room, or Kitchen —" Bazaar " Supplies — Store-room — Meat-safe—Cookery-book—Houses in the Tropics—The ..."

3. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"The meat-safe. This is divided into two compartments, for raw and cooked meat. ... The meat-safe, placed at the upper part of the larder, which is well ..."

4. The Life of the Fly by Jean-Henri Fabre (1913)
"The usual meat-safe is a sort of large cage with a top and bottom of wood ... The trellised dome protects the contents even less than does the meat-safe. ..."

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