meat and potatoes meatal • meat ax · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · meat and potatoes · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the fundamental part. Synonyms: meat and potatoes. Example: "Successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration." · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074