carne

Definitions of carne
  1. noun
    the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
  2. noun
    the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
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    spezzatino
    tough meat that needs stewing to be edible
    animale da cortile
    the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
    taglio
    a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
    bue, manzo, stracotto
    meat from an adult domestic bovine
    vitello
    meat from a calf
    abbacchio, agnello
    the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
    maiale
    meat from a domestic hog or pig
    salsiccia
    highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
    arrosto, comproprietario, porchetta
    a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
    rigaglie
    edible viscera of a fowl
    frattaglie
    viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
    lingua
    the tongue of certain animals used as meat
    braciola
    a small cut of meat including part of a rib
    costa, costola
    cut of meat including one or more ribs
    bistecca, braciola, costata
    a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
    carré, lombata, quadrello
    a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
    spalla
    a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
    hamburger
    beef that has been ground
    sanguinaccio
    a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients
    cotechino
    sausage containing pork
    insaccato, salame, salume
    highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried
  3. noun
    alternative names for the body of a human being
    synonyms: corporatura, fisico, personale, sagoma
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    persona
    a human body (usually including the clothing)
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    corpo, organismo
    the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
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