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mutton
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mut·ton  (mtn)
n.
The flesh of fully grown sheep.

[Middle English, from Old French mouton, moton, from Medieval Latin mult, multn-, of Celtic origin; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

mutton [ˈmʌtən]
n
1. (Cookery) the flesh of sheep, esp of mature sheep, used as food
(Clothing & Fashion)
mutton dressed as lamb an older woman dressed up to look young
3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another word for em [1] Compare nut [12]
[C13 moton sheep, from Old French, from Medieval Latin multō, of Celtic origin; the term was adopted in printing to distinguish the pronunciation of em quad from en quad]
muttony  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.muttonmutton - meat from a mature domestic sheep    
domestic sheep, Ovis aries - any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin
meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Translations
mutton [ˈmʌtn]
A. Ncordero m
a leg of muttonuna pierna de cordero
mutton dressed as lambvejestorio m emperifollado
B. CPD mutton chop Nchuleta f de cordero

mutton [ˈmʌtən] nmouton m
a leg of mutton → un gigot de mouton
to be mutton dressed up as lamb (British) [woman] → s'habiller trop jeune pour son âge

mutton
nHammel (→ fleisch nt) m; as dead as muttonmausetot (inf); she’s mutton dressed (up) as lamb (inf)sie macht auf jung (inf)

mutton:
muttonchops
pl (= whiskers)Koteletten pl
muttonhead
n (fig inf)Schafskopf m (inf)

mutton [ˈmʌtn] ncarne f di montone, montone m
a leg of mutton → un cosciotto di montone
mutton dressed as lamb (fig) una vecchia che vuol sembrare una giovincella
mutton [ˈmʌtn] ncarne f di montone, montone m
a leg of mutton → un cosciotto di montone
mutton dressed as lamb (fig) una vecchia che vuol sembrare una giovincella

mutton
n mutton [ˈmatn]
the flesh of sheep, used as food. skaapvleis ضِلْع الغَنَم بِشَريحَة اللحم العالِقَه بهِ: كَسْتَليتَه овнешко месо skopové maso fårekød das Hammelfleisch αρνίσιο κρέας (carne de) carnero lambaliha گوشت گوسفند lampaanliha mouton בְּשָׂר כֶּבֶש भेड़ का मांस ovčetina birkahús daging kambing kindakjöt carne di montone 羊肉 양의 고기 aviena aitas/jēra gaļa daging kambing schapevlees fårekjøtt baranina carneiro carne de oaie/de berbec баранина baranina ovčetina ovčetina fårkött เนื้อของแกะโตเต็มที่ใช้ทำอาหาร koyun eti 羊肉 баранина بھیڑ ، بکری کا گوشت thịt cừu

mutton لحم ضأن skopové fårekød Hammelfleisch πρόβειο κρέας añojo, cordero lampaanliha mouton ovčetina montone マトン 양 고기 schaap fårekjøtt baranina carne de carneiro баранина fårkött เนื้อแกะ koyun eti thịt cừu 羊肉


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