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lobster

UK/ˈlɒb.stə/

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Australia/ˈlɔb.stə/

lobster noun: a crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.

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Noun

lobster (countable and uncountable, plural lobsters)

  1. A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
  2. A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
  3. A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).
  4. A squat lobster.
  5. (historical, slang) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
    • […] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]1912, Ralph Davol, Two Men of Taunton: In the Course of Human Events, 1731-1829, page 214
    Synonyms:
    lobsterback, redcoat
  6. (slang) An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

Verb

lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)

  1. To fish for lobsters.

Adjective

lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)

  1. Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

lobster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

lobster in Hindi

crustacean
झींगा मछली jhīṅgā machlī

lobster in Tamil

பெரிய கடல் நண்டு, சிங்க இறால்

lobster in Marathi

लॉबस्टर

lobster in Urdu

crustacean
لابسٹر lābsṭar
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lobster in Bengali
গলদা golda
lobster in Malayalam
കൊഞ്ച് koñcŭ
lobster in Kannada
ಕಡಲೇಡಿ, ಕಡಲನಳ್ಳಿ, ಚೇಳೇಡಿ
lobster in Punjabi
ਝੀਂਗਾ jhīṅgā
lobster in Gujarati
લોબસ્ટર, લોબ્સ્ટર, લોબ્સટર
lobster in Odia
ଲବ୍ଷ୍ଟର୍, ଲୋବ୍ଷ୍ଟର୍, ଲୋବ୍ଷ୍ଟର
lobster in Assamese
ডাঙৰ মিছামাছ daṅor misamas
lobster in Nepali
लब्स्टर, लोब्स्टर, लोबस्टर
lobster in Tagalog
ulang
lobster in Arabic
كَرْكَنْد karkand
lobster in Malay
udang kara
lobster in Indonesian
udang laut, lobster
lobster in Persian
خرچنگ دریایی xarčang-e daryâyi, روبیان rubiyân
lobster in Thai
กุ้งมังกร gûng-mang-gɔɔn, ล็อบสเตอร์ lɔ́ps-dtə̂ə
lobster in Vietnamese
tôm hùm, tôm rồng
lobster in Myanmar
ပုဇွန်ထုတ်ကြီး pu.jwanhtutkri:
Dhivehi
އިހި ihi

Examples of lobster in a sentence

  • Oh for a hotel on the oceanside and lobster or crab at every dinner!
  • This is the first (and last) time I've eaten lobster.
  • We served a lobster mayonnaise as a starter.

All 40 example sentences with lobster

Synonyms of lobster

Forms of lobster

Noun
plurallobsters
Verb
third-person singular presentlobsters
present participlelobstering
past participlelobstered
pastlobstered
Adjective
comparativemore lobster
superlativemost lobster

Plural of lobster: lobsters

Origin of lobster

From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster). Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster.

Words formed from lobster

Phrases with lobster

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Words that rhyme with lobster

Questions about lobster

What does lobster mean?
Lobster means a crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
What is lobster in Hindi?
Lobster in Hindi is झींगा मछली (jhīṅgā machlī). See Lobster meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lobster?
Lobster can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce lobster?
Lobster is pronounced /ˈlɒb.stə/ (UK).
What is the plural of lobster?
The plural of lobster is lobsters.

Words near lobster in the dictionary

  1. lobscouses
  2. lobscows
  3. lobsided
  4. lobspound
  5. Lobstein syndrome
  6. lobster
  7. lobster box
  8. lobster boxes
  9. lobster caterpillar
  10. lobster claw
  11. lobster moth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lobster (page history and authors); lobster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lobster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobster (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਝੀਂਗਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); lobster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobster (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lobster (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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