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meat-and-potatoes

meat-and-po·ta·toes
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meet and puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
    • /mit ænd pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meet and puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
    • /mit ænd pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə/

Definitions of meat-and-potatoes word

  • adjective meat-and-potatoes fundamental; down-to-earth; basic: What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election? 1
  • noun meat-and-potatoes the essential or basic part: Community service is the meat and potatoes of this program. 1
  • adjective meat-and-potatoes Alternative spelling of meat and potatoes. 0
See all 3 definitions of meat-and-potatoes

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Origin of meat-and-potatoes

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Meat-and-potatoes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Meat-and-potatoes

meat-and-potatoes popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for meat-and-potatoes

adj meat-and-potatoes

  • last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
  • radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
  • basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
  • primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
  • underlying — lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
All 78 Synonyms of meat-and-potatoes

Antonyms for meat-and-potatoes

adj meat-and-potatoes

  • nonessential — not essential; not necessary: Nonessential use of gasoline was forbidden during the war.
  • highest — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
  • top — Technical/Office Protocol
  • unnecessary — not necessary or essential; needless; unessential.
  • secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
All 38 Antonyms of meat-and-potatoes

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