stew meat vs meat

stew meat and meat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stew meat	Yes	No	No	No
meat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, meat is a hypernym of stew meat; that is, meat is a word with a broader meaning than stew meat:

stew meat: tough meat that needs stewing to be edible
meat: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

stew meat (noun)	meat (noun)
tough meat that needs stewing to be edible	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
	the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
	the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone