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• Lamb — most commonly refers to: * A young domestic sheep * Lamb and mutton, the meat of a sheep,Lamb or LAMB may also refer to: * Lamb (surname), a surname (and list of people with that name) * Lamb., botanical author abbreviation of Aylmer Bourke… …   Wikipedia

• lamb — I UK [læm] / US noun Word forms lamb : singular lamb plural lambs ** 1) a) [countable] a young sheep b) [uncountable] the meat from a young sheep roast lamb a leg of lamb 2) [countable] British spoken used for talking to or about someone in a… …   English dictionary

• lamb — lamb1 [ læm ] noun * 1. ) count a young sheep a ) uncount the meat from a young sheep: roast lamb a leg of lamb 2. ) count BRITISH SPOKEN used for talking to or about someone in a kind way, especially a small child: Poor little lamb! like a lamb… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lamb — 1 noun 1 (C) a young sheep 2 (U) the meat of a young sheep: roast lamb with mint sauce 3 (C) spoken someone gentle and loveable, especially a child: Benny s asleep now, the little lamb. 4 like a lamb quietly and without any argument: Suzie went… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sheep — [ ʃip ] (plural sheep) noun count ** 1. ) an animal kept by farmers for its wool or meat. The male sheep is called a ram and the female is a ewe. A young sheep is called a lamb. Meat from a young sheep is called lamb and from an older sheep is… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Lamb chop — may refer to:* Lamb chop (meat), a chop of lamb * Lamb Chop (puppet), Shari Lewis sock puppet sheep, star of Lamb Chop s Play Along * Lambchop (band), an alternative country music group * Lambchops , a 1929 comedy short film * LambChop (chess… …   Wikipedia

• lamb — [lam] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger lamm (OHG lamb) < IE * lonbhos (< base * el : see ELK) > Goth lamb] 1. a young sheep 2. the flesh of a young sheep, used as food 3. lambskin 4. a gentle or innocent person, particularly a child …   English World dictionary

• Lamb marking — is the term applied to the procedure of earmarking, castration and tail docking of the lambs of domestic sheep. Vaccination is usually carried out then, too. Sometimes lambs are also mulesed (triangular cuts to the skin around the lamb s… …   Wikipedia

• Lamb Chop (puppet) — Lamb Chop is a fictional sock puppet sheep created by comedian and ventriloquist Shari Lewis. In 1957, Lamb Chop, a ewe, first appeared with Lewis on Hi Mom , a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York.Lamb Chop has been described as a 6 …   Wikipedia

• Lamb — Lamb, n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The young of the sheep. [1913 Webster] 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [1913 Webster] 3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lamb lettuce — Lamb Lamb, n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The young of the sheep. [1913 Webster] 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [1913 Webster] 3. A simple, unsophisticated… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English