mutton
mutton
Definition
mut·ton (mut′'n)
noun
- the flesh of a sheep, esp. a grown sheep, used as food
- Rare a sheep
Etymology: ME moton < OFr, a ram < ML *multo, sheep, of Celt orig. as in Welsh mollt, Ir molt
mut′·tony adjective
mutton
Synonyms
mutton
n.
mutton
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- boil: If you cannot get the right time to arrive at the restaurants you can buy some bread and boiled mutton.
- dress: Tarantino appreciates this and at no point turns her into mutton dressed as lamb.
- eat: In both cases, he would not even come close to eating the tainted mutton, would he?
- mince: Mince pies were originally oval shaped to resemble the crib and were savory containing minced mutton.
- roast: I Negro's Cave Where the first Sir George Sitwell discovered an escaped slave roasting mutton over a fire.
- serve: Around 200 family farms, restaurants, butchers and abattoirs across Britain are now rearing, selling and serving mutton.
Adjective modifier
- British: As a direct result, support for British mutton is growing.
- good: Quite simply, it's mutton dressed as lamb, but all good mutton like cheap drinks and there's plenty of that.
- cold: Gowing suddenly seized all the parsley off the cold mutton, and threw it full in my face.
- organic: If you want to order some of our organic mutton, click here.
- more: The memorable evening was brought to a close with hot soup, sandwiches and more native mutton.
- delicious: An occasional blackfaced sheep supplied us with the most delicious mutton.
Modifies a noun
- broth: Probably most of the kings of England were reared upon this form of mutton broth.
- stew: They may well have decided to have a nice mutton stew afterward.
- chop: I can assure you that I have never seen kidneys or mutton chops at a breakfast table anywhere.
- pie: The pie was filled with sweet breads, a mince pie, or may have been merely a simple mutton pie.
- cloth: Finally place the stuffing in an oven bag or mutton cloth on top.
- fat: Another story was that of his trek across the desert with only a tin of mutton fat for food.
Noun used with modifier
mutton Quotes
Thereneed, at all events, be none ofthis,if peoplewould but live upon their own estates, and kill their own mutton.
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