cut of mutton
- noun
:
pieza de cordero
- The chef recommended a juicy cut of mutton for the Sunday roast.
Examples
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They selected a thick cut of mutton to slow-cook over the open fire.
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The restaurant serves the best cuts of mutton in town.
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Each traditional curry used a different cut of mutton for the best flavor.
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I ordered a cut of mutton for dinner.
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The chef recommended a juicy cut of mutton for the Sunday roast.
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Each traditional curry used a different cut of mutton for the best flavor.
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They selected a thick cut of mutton to slow-cook over the open fire.
Synonyms
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1.8
A thick piece of meat with a bone from the rib or loin
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2.1
A piece of meat sliced from an animal for cooking
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2.1
A small cut of lamb meat with a bone, usually cooked and eaten
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5.8
A cut of meat from the upper part of an animal leg, often from lamb or veal
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2.7
A piece of meat taken from a certain part of an animal
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5.1
A cut of meat from an adult sheep, cooked like a steak
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9.9
A thin, bony cut of meat from an animal's neck used for slow cooking
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2.7
A piece of meat that shops sell soon after they prepare it
A piece of meat from a lamb that you cook
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Morphology
The meaning 'a portion or slice of meat from a sheep' is directly compositional from 'cut' (a portion/slice) + 'of' (linker) + 'mutton' (meat of an adult sheep). The noun phrase pattern 'cut of [meat]' is a regular, cross-linguistic construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cut of mutton comes from a butcher's shop where a cut is a slice and mutton is the meat from an older 'sheep'. So, cut of mutton pictures a chosen piece and means 'a portion of meat' ready for cooking.