meat hook

See also: meathook

English

Meat hooks at a butcher.

Pronunciation

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Noun

meat hook (plural meat hooks)

1. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.
2. (slang, usu. plural) One's hands or arms.

   Synonym: biscuit hooks

Translations

two-sided hook for hanging meat

• Latin: carnārium n