Vocabulary: Meat, Poultry & Cuts

Vocabulary B1/B2

Meat, Poultry & Cuts

The exhaustive guide to butchery terms! Select the tabs below to switch between red meat, poultry, preparations, and idioms.

Ordering at a Restaurant 🎬

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to order different cuts of meat. Pay attention to how you pronounce the difference between "Pork" and "Beef", and how to ask for your steak to be cooked!

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Definition Match

What do we call meat from a young sheep?

(តើសាច់កូនចៀមហៅថាអ្វី?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Context Fill

For the tour lunch, we ordered a whole roasted ___.

(សម្រាប់អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់ពេលដើរលេង យើងបានកម្ម៉ង់ទាខ្វៃមួយក្បាល។)

PRONUNCIATION TRAP ❌

Is the 'b' in the word "Lamb" pronounced?

(តើអក្សរ b នៅក្នុងពាក្យ "Lamb" បញ្ចេញសំឡេងដែរឬទេ?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Cooking Method

If meat is cut into very small, fine pieces, it is...

(ប្រសិនបើសាច់ត្រូវបានចិញ្ច្រាំឱ្យម៉ត់ វាហៅថា...)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Idiom Meaning

If someone decides to "chicken out", what did they do?

(តើសំនួនវោហារស័ព្ទនេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

Meat Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Market Visit 🔍 Go to the local market or open your fridge. Find three types of meat or poultry and say their English names out loud.

Writing Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Describe a Dish ✍️ Write two sentences describing your favorite Cambodian dish. Mention the type of meat and how it is prepared (e.g., "Lok Lak is made with tender beef").

Idiom Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Voice Note 🎤 Record yourself saying: "I work hard every day to bring home the bacon." Send it to a coworker!

Ask a Question 🙋‍♂️

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Kanha 3 hours ago

Teacher, why do English speakers say "beef" and "pork" instead of "cow meat" and "pig meat"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Kanha! It is because of history! After the French conquered England in 1066, the French upper class used French words for the food on their plates (Boeuf -> Beef, Porc -> Pork), while the English farmers kept the English words for the live animals (Cow, Pig). 📚

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Vireak 5 hours ago

What is the difference between "Lamb" and "Mutton"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Good question! "Lamb" is the meat from a baby or young sheep. It is very soft. "Mutton" is the meat from an adult sheep. It is tougher and has a stronger flavor. 🐑