sheepmeat
sheepmeat noun: the meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.
Noun
sheepmeat (usually uncountable, plural sheepmeats)
- The meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.
- I do not know what will be the outcome of the argument about levels of radioactive caesium in sheepmeat (alias mutton or lamb) in North Wales and Cumbria, let alone in Scotland.1986 July 17, Tam Dalyell, “Castles in the air”, in New Scientist
- Wool and sheepmeat combined form New Zealand's largest export industry: wool on its own is the fourth largest.1995, Julian Roche, The International Wool Trade, Woodhead Publishing, published 1995, →ISBN, page 114
- Synonyms:
- sheepflesh
Synonyms of sheepmeat
Forms of sheepmeat
| plural | sheepmeats |
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Origin of sheepmeat
From sheep + meat.
Questions about sheepmeat
- What does sheepmeat mean?
- Sheepmeat means the meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.
- What part of speech is sheepmeat?
- Sheepmeat is a noun.
- What is the plural of sheepmeat?
- The plural of sheepmeat is sheepmeats.
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