lamb
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- noun
- /læm/
:
cordero
- At the family dinner, we enjoyed grilled lamb served with mint sauce.
Like it would be, they would have like the lamb on the stick.
- Like it would be, they would have like the lamb on the stick.
- I really wanna try an entire lamb stuffed with goop.
- And he ended up killing a couple of lambs and cooking them into the meals.
- Now he's rising for a lamb or a ham.
- So you want to eat grass fed beef, bison, lamb, venison.
- I mean, who eats cheese, wine and lamb?
Examples
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I got this wonderful leg of lamb in the oven for supper, and the house is immaculate.
Fiction book (1991) -
Chef's special tonight, lamb with a cherry glaze.
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Yeah, but I have had more lamb than I have had before.
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That was like half a lamb on our plate.
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Their beef and lamb are grass fed and grass finished.
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You have some beef and lamb kebab as well.
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And the lamb chops for the gentleman.
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The lamb chops were a little overdone.
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In the center of the table, she set a platter of lamb, asparagus, and roast potatoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
Platters of pheasant, duck, or lamb occupied the center of most tables.
Fiction book (1992)
Idioms
Compounds
A cut of lamb with the breastbone and meat around it, often roasted or used in stews
- Specialized
A cut of lamb with the backbone and meat on both sides, roasted as one piece
How Old
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lamb also means the 'meat' of a young sheep because people used the animal's name for its meat, as in 'lamb chops'.