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lobster

lobster

46 1.0
Meat from a large sea animal with big claws that people eat
  • noun
  • /ˈlɑːbstər/
translation icon : carne de langosta
  • A delicious dinner includes a lobster served with melted butter.
  • eat lobster
  • lobster tails
  • pounds of lobster

Your report on Cool Ranch lobster rolls made me shed one single tear.

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Examples

  • Later, through the window of the lobster pound, we see them eating lobster around a kitchen table.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Most popular dish in the place had a lobster roll.

  • If you want a good lobster roll, I always come here for this.

  • And the lobster was just perfect.

  • Is that lobster almost done?

  • Try some of this lobster.

  • And for me, what is better, the lobster Benedict or the lobster roll?

  • And of course, we ordered our fair share of lobster rolls from local establishments.

    Blog text (32)
  • It involved lobster and avocado, and I'm sold.

  • I served lobster rolls for lunch and full-course lobster dinners at night.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

spiny lobster
vslobster
1 4.2

A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws, often eaten in warm seas

is the food flesh term rather than a different shell type animal
rock lobster
vslobster
  • Australian
1 3.8

A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws eaten as food

means the prepared flesh rather than that different shell variety
Maine lobster
vslobster
  • US
2.6

The meat from a large lobster, often the tender claw meat

is the general food flesh rather than a particular regional catch
Norway lobster
vslobster
  • UK
6.8

A small lobster-like sea animal that people eat for its meat

is the general food flesh rather than a named species
Northern lobster
vslobster
  • US
3.2

A large edible lobster from the Atlantic coast of North America or its meat

focuses on the food flesh itself, not the whole species or animal
Norwegian lobster
vslobster
6.6

A slender sea animal with claws found in European waters and eaten as food

refers broadly to the food flesh rather than the species identity
Nephrops
vslobster
  • Specialized
9.9

A small lobster often called scampi and eaten as seafood in Europe

means the edible flesh generally rather than the scientific group
American lobster
vslobster
  • US
3.7

A large sea animal with big claws that lives on North America's Atlantic coast

describes the food flesh broadly instead of the specific animal type
Homarus
vslobster
  • Specialized
9.3

A group of large lobsters that people eat, like the common North Atlantic lobster

is the meat used for eating rather than the taxonomic group
European lobster
vslobster
  • UK
6.5

Sea animal with a dark blue shell and big claws found off Europe's Atlantic coast that turns red when cooked

refers to the edible flesh itself rather than the living species
true lobster
vslobster
5.4

A large sea animal with two big claws that people eat

is the edible flesh term rather than the biological family
langouste
vslobster
  • UK
9.9

A large spiny lobster without big claws that people eat

focuses on the food flesh rather than this spiny species

Idioms

9.9

A joking way to say many chances lie ahead

Compounds

7 3.3

The tail meat of a lobster that people eat

1 3.4

A large lobster with sweet, tender meat found off Maine's coast

A rich dish of lobster mixed with cheese sauce and browned in its shell

A rich dish of lobster in a creamy sauce on buttered toast or rice

1 3.5

A basket placed in the sea to catch lobsters

1 3.4

A hot creamy soup made with pieces of lobster

rock lobster
  • Australian
1 3.8

A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws eaten as food

A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws, often eaten in warm seas

Cape lobster
  • South African
9.3

A small lobster from the coastal waters near the Cape of Good Hope

A large sea animal with big claws that lives on North America's Atlantic coast

Meat from a large lobster that has big tender claws

Sea animal with a dark blue shell and big claws found off Europe's Atlantic coast that turns red when cooked

A pastry shell filled with cooked lobster often served as a starter

A person who catches lobsters for sale

A dish of lobster cooked in a rich cream sauce and served on toast or rice

A type of butter that chefs mix with chopped lobster or lobster flavor to spread on food

9.9

A tropical plant from the Americas with poisonous white sap and bright red parts around small yellow flowers

2.6

The meat from a large lobster, often the tender claw meat

A large edible lobster from the Atlantic coast of North America or its meat

A small lobster-like sea animal that people eat for its meat

A slender sea animal with claws found in European waters and eaten as food

A large sea animal with two big claws that people eat

How Expensive

abalone
5 8.1
lobster
46 1.0
crab
80 1.0
salmon
76 1.0
mackerel
9 3.3

Surface Forms

lobster singular
lobsters plural

Etymology

Lobster meaning the meat comes from the same old Latin root locusta, meaning 'locust', because the food is the flesh of that 'sea locust'. That's why restaurants and recipes call the cooked flesh 'lobster'.