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Answer for the clue "Whole piece of meat cat nibbled around ", 6 letters:
intact

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Word definitions for intact in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB largely ▪ And it did so in a way that allowed the traditional culture to remain largely intact . ▪ Peel the pearl onions, but leave the root largely intact so the onions hold together. ▪ Piazza Duomo suffered ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Latin intactus "untouched, uninjured, undefiled," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + tactus , past participle of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)).

Usage examples of intact.

The hymen was not intact, and abrasions along the vaginal wall were visible.

An appendage abutting upon a loop at right angles between the shoulders is considered to spoil the loop, while an appendage which flows off smoothly is considered to leave the recurve intact.

Even a bit drunk, Jill was agile, and she got through the dancing with her purity intact.

I concentrated on keeping the trail intact so that Alder could find it.

His cutting out the tangle of abnormal vessels, the capsular angioma that he suspected, while leaving the rest of the anatomy intact, was so tricky the operation itself could further destroy neurons, making her worse off and possibly killing her.

For the same reason, artichokes in Italy are sold with their stems and outer leaves, tomatoes are still attached to their vines, and zucchini are displayed with their flowers intact.

An axon which has degenerated through injury or disease can sometimes be regenerated, provided its neurilemma has remained intact.

Vanessa unpacks the picnic basket while I run around trying to find intact baobab pods so that we can crack open their hairy shells and suck the sour white powder off the seeds.

Only the outer wall remained intact, except where the barbican had been exploded.

So it was also that the bimbashi went back to his regiment with all his limbs intact.

Charles piped, putting down his chokabola with its ice still intact and a big brown mustache of chok on his face.

On the left of the plan will be seen a small room or storage cist still intact.

Father Balbi looked like a peasant, but he was in better condition than I, his clothes were not torn to shreds or covered with blood, his red flannel waistcoat and purple breeches were intact, while my figure could only inspire pity or terror, so bloodstained and tattered was I.

I therefore made the examination as modestly as I could, and I found her to be intact.

The biosphere remains essentially intact on Wessex as it does on the other New48.