Lobster Definition

lŏbstər

lobsters

noun

Any of various families (esp. Nephropidae) of marine, bottom-dwelling decapods with compound eyes, long antennae, and usually the first pair of legs modified into large, powerful pincers: lobsters are greenish or dark gray in color when alive, but turn bright red when boiled.

Webster's New World

Any of several similar crustaceans, such as a spiny lobster.

American Heritage

The flesh of these animals used as food.

Webster's New World

(historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).

Wiktionary

(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

verb

To fish for lobsters.

Webster's New World

adjective

Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lobster

Noun

Singular:

lobster

Plural:

lobsters

Origin of Lobster

From Middle English lopster (“lobster"), from Old English loppestre (“lobster, spider-like creature"), believed to be a corruption of Latin locusta (“lobster, locust") + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre; or from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider") + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop +"Ž -ster. More at lop.

From Wiktionary
Middle English lopster, lobstere from Old English loppestre alteration (perhaps influenced by loppe, lobbe spider) of Latin locusta locust (grasshopper), lobster

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition