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smoked meat

[/sməʊkt miːt/]
nounpl: smoked meats
carne defumada
1. Meat that has been cured and cooked using smoke from burning wood or other materials
The restaurant specializes in smoked meat brisket.
O restaurante se especializa em peito de carne defumada.
2. Any meat product preserved or flavored through a smoking process
We bought smoked meat from the butcher for the barbecue.
Compramos carne defumada na açougaria para o churrasco.
NYC Slang
smoked brisket (particularly in NYC Jewish delis and barbecue restaurants)
Synonyms
smoked beefcured meatbarbecued meatsmoked pork
Antonyms
fresh meatraw meatunsmoked meat

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
carne defumada
Most common term in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
carne fumada
Alternative shorter form used in São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
carne de churrasco defumada
Often associated with churrascaria culture
Portugal
carne fumada
Portuguese European preference for shorter term

Related Idioms & Phrases

smoke and mirrors (figurative)
where there's smoke, there's fire (figurative)
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