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leg of lamb

leg of lamb

6 1.0
A back leg of a young sheep cooked and served as a roast
  • noun
  • /lɛg əv læm/
translation icon : pierna de cordero
  • The restaurant is famous for its savory leg of lamb served with mint sauce.
  • boneless leg of lamb
  • roast leg of lamb
  • roasted leg of lamb

And it got to the point where you had thieves stealing legs of lamb or chicken to sell and things like that.

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Examples

Synonyms

lamb
vsleg of lamb
133 1.0

Meat from a young sheep for eating

is the specific rear limb cut rather than all young sheep meat
leg
vsleg of lamb
97 1.0

Meat from the thigh or hind part of an animal

is the single rear limb of a young sheep used as a roast
hind leg
vsleg of lamb
14 1.0

A back leg on a four-legged animal that helps it walk or jump

is the rear limb when prepared and cooked as a roast
gigot
vsleg of lamb
  • UK
5 9.9

A leg of lamb that people roast to eat

is the same cut but called by a culinary name
roast lamb
vsleg of lamb
1 1.6

Meat from a young sheep that is cooked in an oven or over a fire until brown

is specifically the rear limb cut rather than any roasted meat
lamb roast
vsleg of lamb
1 2.0

A large piece of lamb cooked whole in an oven

is the rear limb specifically rather than any large roast joint
cut of lamb
vsleg of lamb
2.5

A piece of meat from a lamb that you cook

is the specific rear limb portion used for roasting

How Big

lamb
133 1.0
leg of lamb
6 1.0
rack of lamb
8 3.4
lamb chop
19 2.1
cutlet
12 3.6

Surface Forms

leg of lamb singular
legs of lamb plural

Morphology

leg + of + lamb

The meaning 'the hind leg of a lamb' is directly and transparently derived from 'leg' (a limb or cut of meat) + 'of' (partitive/possessive marker) + 'lamb' (young sheep); the phrase straightforwardly denotes a specific body part/food item. This simple noun-of-noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Leg of lamb comes from a simple kitchen picture: the leg of a lamb is cooked as one piece, often roasted. So it means 'the hind leg of a lamb, usually prepared and cooked as a roast'.