Mutton Definition

mŭtn
noun
The flesh of a sheep, esp. a grown sheep, used as food.
Webster's New World
A sheep.
Webster's New World

The flesh of sheep used as food.

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(typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

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adjective

(Cockney rhyming slang) Deaf.

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Other Word Forms of Mutton

Noun

Singular:
mutton
Plural:
muttons

Origin of Mutton

  • Middle English from Old French mouton, moton from Medieval Latin multō multōn- of Celtic origin mel-1 in Indo-European roots

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

  • From Old French mouton (“sheep"), of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *molto-.

    From Wiktionary

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