white meat

noun

: meat that comes from the breast or other thick parts of a chicken, turkey, etc., and that is lighter in color than the other parts when cooked

also : meat (such as pork) that is lighter in color than beef when cooked

Examples of white meat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Star-shaped and fully cooked, these white meat chicken nuggets offer 13 grams of protein per serving and are air fryer ready in seven minutes. —Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 6 June 2026

An extra 20 grams of white meat, such as chicken or turkey, was linked to a 12% higher risk of cancer in the main body of the stomach, the researchers noted. —Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026

One large rotisserie chicken will give you the right amount of white meat. —Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 24 May 2026

Even McDonald’s boasted about how their chicken nuggets, which first hit the market in 1981, were (and still are) made with all white meat. —Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026

Rhymes for white meat

• bittersweet
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• parakeet
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit
• athlete

Kids Definition

white meat

noun

: meat that comes from the breast or other thick parts of poultry and that is lighter in color than the other parts when cooked

also : meat (such as pork) that is lighter in color than beef when cooked