JERKED MEAT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

Synonyms:

jerk; jerked meat; jerky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("jerked meat" is a kind of...):

meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jerked meat"):

beef jerky (strips of dried beef)

biltong (meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun)