horsemeat

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The meat from a horse.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolcarne de caballo

Françaisviande de cheval

DeutschPferdefleisch

20 more languages

العربيةلَحْم حِصَان

Bosanskikonjetina коњетина

Češtinakonina

Esperantoĉevalaĵo

Suomihevonen hevosenliha

Gaeilgefeoil chapaill

Hrvatskikonjetina коњетина

Íslenskahrossakjöt

日本語桜肉蹴飛ばし鉄沓馬肉

한국어마육 말고기

Lietuviųarkliena

Nederlandspaardenvlees

Polskikobylina konina

Portuguêscarne de cavalo

Русскийконина

Slovenčinakoňacina

Српскиkonjetina коњетина

Svenskahästkött

Українськаконина коня́тина

Examples

“In January 2013, supermarkets were hit by an extraordinary scandal as it emerged that foods made of processed 'beef' actually contained horsemeat.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Horsemen Horsemen of the Apocalypse horsemilk horsemint horsemonger horsenail

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