LAMB


Meaning of LAMB in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

pork/lamb chop

a grilled pork/lamb chop

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

little

That evening I repeat the experiment with a little lamb .

The little lamb was curled on top of the arched stone, its small snout poking aggressively into the air.

new

However, you may have noticed that the new season lamb is on offer almost throughout the year.

I suppose that if we include New Zealand, we can claim to have new season lamb practically all year long.

My view is that most new season lamb is not worthy of the name.

Whenever he discovered a half-dead new lamb , he brought the creature into the hut.

The new jolly lambs Are pleased with their nursery.

roast

There was foie gras and lobster-but also fine roast lamb with apple pie.

A house up the road, Sunday afternoon about 1958, plates of roast lamb offered.

The roast fillet of lamb with herb crust to follow is a classic dish, presented by Clayton with great finesse.

His recipe for roast lamb triumphed in the regional heats and he hopes it will be picked again next month.

Except that he ate venison and roast lamb , and drank milk laced with honey, or hot mead fragrant with herbs.

They consumed avocado pears followed by roast lamb followed by a fruit salad and assorted cheeses.

sacrificial

One sacrificial lamb has been offered.

Needless to say it has so far proved difficult to find any sacrificial lambs among the building trade.

From his self-proclaimed position as guardian of the rightwing flock, he has become a sacrificial lamb .

■ NOUN

chop

Apart from the inevitable sausages, there were numerous chicken pieces, lamb chops and cubed steak on skewers.

Faith has asked for two high quality lamb chops and steak.

I collapse over my lamb chops and have to be put to bed.

I cradled the bottom of the paper bag containing my lamb chops .

It's easy to see the fat on a lamb chop - and easy to cut it off.

Sometime between the lamb chops and the chocolate mousse, Maestro Domingo presented his illustrious cast.

I fooled around with a lamb chop for a while, but decided I wasn't really very hungry after all.

Then I went up to the store and bought lamb chops for dinner.

spring

However, much younger and very tender spring lamb traditionally comes into the shops for the Easter weekend.

Lamb may be baby lamb , spring lamb, and lamb.

Numerous new buyers in attendance resulting in a sharp demand for spring lambs .

stew

There was a choice of vegetarian lasagne or lamb stew with baked potatoes, sweet corn and garlic bread.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I/you might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb

a rack of lamb/pork

The waiter lifted the salver to reveal a rack of lamb surrounded by courgettes and tiny new potatoes.

mutton dressed as lamb

saddle of lamb/hare/venison

He is particularly fond of hot beetroot, recommending it as an accompaniment to roast saddle of hare - a delicious combination.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

lamb stew

In spite of his bad temper, Norman can sometimes be a lamb .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Akiko, the minister cried, the sins of the body will be washed away by the blood of the lamb .

Classifications of sheep are lamb , yearling mutton, and mutton.

Eild ewes are those which are not in lamb .

The traditional filling is a spicy mixture of minced lamb or beef, tomato and onion.

There were 810 breeding ewes, ewe lambs, and rams on offer.

To decide to buy hamburger instead of sirloin steak, or leg of lamb , or shrimp is not easy either.

II. verb

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a rack of lamb/pork

The waiter lifted the salver to reveal a rack of lamb surrounded by courgettes and tiny new potatoes.

mutton dressed as lamb

saddle of lamb/hare/venison

He is particularly fond of hot beetroot, recommending it as an accompaniment to roast saddle of hare - a delicious combination.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

In April, the demands on farm labour peaked with lambing often coinciding with other spring work.

Many flocks were now lambing twice per year.

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