lamb chop
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2.1
- noun
- /læm tʃɑp/
:
chuleta de cordero
- For dinner, we enjoyed grilled lamb chops seasoned with herbs.
- grilled lamb chops
- rib lamb chops
- juicy lamb chops
So it could be everything from, you know, lamb chops to leg of lamb.
- So it could be everything from, you know, lamb chops to leg of lamb.
- It's a little bit of a fancy night, so I will make lamb chops on the grill.
- And we did these like kind of lollipop lamb chops recently with like fresh Rosemary from the garden.
- Beef is more grounding, things like sweet potatoes, so getting a big burger when you get over there or something like that, or lamb chops.
- I'd caught steak chips and lamb chops and like no cream sauce with garlic and onions and mushrooms.
Examples
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What's the matter, kid, you never had lamb chops?
Fiction book (1993) -
The lamb chops were a little overdone.
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"My, this is a heavy lamb chop," said the Little fellow.
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Destiny has brought me this lamb chop.
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Tell him you want three lamb chops.
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Tomorrow we're having fresh lamb chops for Sunday dinner!
Blog text (14) -
You know, nothing goes better with lamb chops than a little mint jelly.
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I've got lamb chops in the refrigerator.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hint: they do the saag paneer perfectly, and the lamb chops are absolutely decadent.
Blog text (6) -
- Lamb chops, roast potatoes, vegetables, crème brulée and raspberries.
Synonyms
288
1.8
A thick piece of meat with a bone from the rib or loin
133
1.0
Meat from a young sheep for eating
46
2.1
A piece of meat sliced from an animal for cooking
6
2.7
A piece of meat taken from a certain part of an animal
1
2.4
A small thick piece of meat from the rib or loin of a young sheep usually cooked and served hot
A piece of meat from a lamb that you cook
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small cut of lamb meat' is directly and compositionally derived from 'lamb' (meat from a young sheep) + 'chop' (a small thick meat cut with bone). This straightforward noun-noun compound follows common culinary naming patterns cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would reliably understand it.
Etymology
Lamb chop is a very literal name: lamb means 'young sheep' and chop means 'a small cut of meat', so imagine a small, bone-in piece cut from a lamb. That's why lamb chop now means 'a small piece of lamb meat, usually with a bone, that is cooked and eaten'.