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Lamb vs Sheepflesh - What's the difference?

lamb | sheepflesh | Hyponyms |

Sheepflesh is a hyponym of lamb.



As nouns the difference between lamb and sheepflesh

is that lamb is a young sheep while sheepflesh is the meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.

As a verb lamb

is of a sheep, to give birth.

As a proper noun Lamb

is {{surname|lang=en|from=Middle English}.

lamb

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A young sheep.
  • The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
  • (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
  • A simple, unsophisticated person.
  • (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

    • Derived terms

    * lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter * lamblike * lamb's lettuce * lamb's tongue * lambswool

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a sheep, to give birth.
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.
    • The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    sheepflesh

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l) *

    Noun

    (-)
  • The meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.
  • *1860 , Benson John Lossing, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Life of Washington :
    • Everybody wore home-made clothing; and that wool might not become scarce, the use of sheepflesh , for food, was discouraged.
  • *1877 , Horatio C. Wood, Charles Rice, Frederick Albert Castle, New remedies: Volume 6 :
    • Sheep and goat wines are directed to be prepared in the following' manner: Take ten catties (i catty — i \ lb.) of soaked rice, seven catties of goat or sheep flesh , fourteen onions, one Shan-tung cabbage, and a catty of almond kernels [...]
  • *2001 , Eurípides, Heather McHugh, David Konstan, Cyclops :
    • SILENUS It's each man by and for himself. There is no govermnent. ODYSSEUS Is Demeter respected here? I mean, do they plant grain? What do they live on? SILENUS Curds and whey and sheepflesh , sir.
  • *2007 , Donald McCaig, Nop's Hope :
    • The sheep were a solid lump of woolly sheepflesh , swirling, and though Penny tried to separate them, they were like commuters jammed in a subway car, nothing could break them apart.

    Synonyms

    *sheepmeat

    Hyponyms

    *lamb