Is meat singular or plural

Answer 1

The noun 'meat' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for something that is indivisible into countable units.

The plural noun 'meats' is a shortened form of 'kinds of' or 'types of' meat.

Units of uncountable nouns are expressed by adjectives or a partitive noun (also called a noun counter).

The noun 'meat' takes a verb for singular unless quantified in the plural; for example:

• The meat is fresh at this market.
• Gray meat is not fresh. (expressed by the adjective 'gray')
• This piece of meat is fresh. (expressed by the singular partitive noun 'piece')
• Both pieces of meat are fresh. (expressed by the plural partitive noun 'pieces')
• The meats are priced per pound. (the kinds of meat)

Answer 2

Meat is both. "A hunk of meat" is singular. "A pile of meat" the meat is plural.