roast lamb
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1.6
- noun
- /roʊst læm/
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cordero asado
- "I got some roast lamb from the butcher."
- roast lamb and cheese
- eating roast lamb
Examples
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"I ate roast lamb like that in Greece," I tell her.
Fiction book (1990) -
Estella came in with a platter of roast lamb.
Fiction book (1999) -
Uh, my mom makes roast lamb.
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There was roast lamb for lunch.
Fiction book (1999) -
- Oh, I've just remembered, I really like roast lamb.
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I made roast lamb with rosemary and tapenade.
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Roast lamb, he guessed, sniffing the fragrant air.
Fiction book (1990) -
She mentions something about roast lamb, and the butcher is silent for a moment, then motions for us to come behind the counter and follow him.
Fiction book (1990) -
We—my wife Soph and I—met his mother, who approved of our children and feasted us on roast lamb whenever we were all in London.
Academic text (1994) -
This Sunday, we are having roast lamb as the main course for dinner.
Synonyms
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1.0
Meat from a young sheep for eating
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3.4
A cut of lamb from the ribs often roasted and served whole or as chops
6
1.0
A back leg of a young sheep cooked and served as a roast
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9.9
A leg of lamb that people roast to eat
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2.0
A large piece of lamb cooked whole in an oven
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5.5
A round cooked meat made from lamb ribs arranged like a crown
A cut of lamb with the backbone and meat on both sides, roasted as one piece
A tender cut of meat from the back of a young sheep often roasted or grilled
A cut of lamb with the breastbone and meat around it, often roasted or used in stews
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'lamb that is cooked by roasting' is directly and compositionally derived from 'roast' (to cook using oven or open-fire heat) modifying 'lamb' (meat from a young sheep). This is a straightforward modifier+noun phrase following common cross-linguistic cooking terminology, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Roast lamb comes from a simple food picture: lamb cooked by roast, that is browned near a hot fire or in an oven. So it means the 'lamb that is cooked by roasting', the dish you eat.