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

Mutton Sentence Examples

  • The first successful cargo of frozen mutton from Australia was also brought by a Bell-Coleman machine in 1879.

  • On the table were vodka, a flask of rum, white bread, roast mutton, and salt.

  • The mutton is of excellent quality.

  • They are very hardy, and yield mutton of choice flavour.

  • The mutton of all the Down breeds is of superior quality, but that of the Suffolk is pre-eminently so.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUT

Words Ending With

NONTON

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Words Starting With M and Ending With N

Starts With M & Ends With NStarts With MU & Ends With NStarts With M & Ends With ON

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With N