Mutton

Quick meaning: Mutton is a noun meaning The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.

Meaning

The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.

More Meanings

1. (often qualified with the type) The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
2. (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.
4. (archaic) A sheep.
5. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.
6. (historical) An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.

Example Sentences

Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs.

Suddenly, a herd of what Gallaher believed to be musk ox came into view, and he shot one. [...] “The next seven days we had mutton.

BAKED HASH HOW TO COOK AND PREPARE GOAT MEAT / By Mrs. Finley Gilchrist / We have used goat mutton for three years. Everyone likes it. Dress and cool 48 hours before cooking, except liver and heart.

This prejudice against goat mutton is founded upon ignorance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling “billy” of the worst possible type is made the standard of goat flesh for the whole goat family.

Word Forms

• muttons

Synonyms for mutton

Depending on context, synonyms include sheepflesh, sheepmeat, mut, em, mouton.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include em, mouton, mut, chop, suet, ovine.

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