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sheepflesh

sheepflesh noun: the meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.

Noun

sheepflesh (uncountable)

  1. The meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.
    • Everybody wore home-made clothing; and that wool might not become scarce, the use of sheepflesh, for food, was discouraged.1860, Benson John Lossing, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Life of Washington
    • Sheep and goat wines are directed to be prepared in the following' manner: Take ten catties (i catty — i \ lb.) of soaked rice, seven catties of goat or sheep flesh, fourteen onions, one Shan-tung cabbage, and a catty of almond kernels [...]1877, Horatio C. Wood, Charles Rice, Frederick Albert Castle, New remedies: Volume 6
    Synonyms:
    sheepmeat

sheepflesh meaning in Bengali

sheepflesh in Bengali

ভেড়ার মাংস

Examples of sheepflesh in a sentence

  • SILENUS Curds and whey and sheepflesh, sir.2001, Eurípides, Heather McHugh, David Konstan, Cyclops:
  • The sheep were a solid lump of woolly sheepflesh, swirling, and though Penny tried to separate them, they were like commuters jammed in a subway car, nothing could break them apart.2007, Donald McCaig, Nop's Hope:

Synonyms of sheepflesh

Forms of sheepflesh

alternative formsheep-flesh
alternative formsheep flesh
alternative formsheep's flesh

Origin of sheepflesh

From sheep + flesh. Compare Dutch schapenvlees (“mutton”), German Schaffleisch (“sheep meat, mutton”).

Questions about sheepflesh

What does sheepflesh mean?
Sheepflesh means the meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.
What is sheepflesh in Bengali?
Sheepflesh in Bengali is ভেড়ার মাংস. See Sheepflesh meaning in Bengali.
How do you use sheepflesh in a sentence?
SILENUS Curds and whey and sheepflesh, sir.
What part of speech is sheepflesh?
Sheepflesh is a noun.

Words near sheepflesh in the dictionary

  1. sheepdom
  2. sheepe
  3. Sheepeater
  4. Sheepeaters
  5. sheepfaced
  6. sheepflesh
  7. sheepfold
  8. sheepfolds
  9. sheepfucker
  10. sheepfuckers
  11. sheepgrass

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