In vertebrate animals, flesh is the colloquial term for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles and fat as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments. Flesh may be used as food, in which case it commonly is called meat.
Famous quotes containing the word flesh:
“He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.”
—Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
“Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The flesh of past lovers looks both familiar and strange.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)