Charcuterie selection (4)

I believe the answer is:

meat

(Other definitions for meat that I've seen before include "17 [ESSENCE]" , "Chops, steaks etc" , "Animal flesh as food" , "grub, say" , "Ham, pork, chicken etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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