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lamb

lamb [noun]

a young sheep, or the flesh of a young sheep eaten as meat

US /læm/ 
UK /læm/ 
Example: 

lambs gambolling about in the fields

Oxford Essential Dictionary

lamb

 noun

1 (plural lambs)

pronunciation
The word lamb sounds like ham, because we don't say the letter b in this word.

a young sheep

2 (no plural) meat from a lamb:
We had roast lamb for lunch.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

lamb

I. lamb1 S3 /læm/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English]
1.
[countable] a young sheep
2. [uncountable] the meat of a young sheep ⇨ mutton:
roast lamb
a leg of lamb
lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc
3. [countable] spoken used to talk to or talk about someone who is gentle and lovable, especially a child:
Ben’s asleep now, the little lamb.
4. like a lamb to the slaughter used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice
5. like a lamb quietly and without any argument:
Suzie went off to school like a lamb today.
mutton dressed as lamb at ↑mutton(2)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lamb

lamb [lamb lambs lambed lambing] noun, verb   [læm]    [læm] 

noun

1. countable a young sheep

2. uncountable meat from a young sheep
a leg of lamb
• lamb chops

compare  mutton

3. countable (informal) used to describe or address sb with affection or pity
You poor lamb!
more at mutton dressed as lamb at  mutton, (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb at  well  adv.  
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lam and German Lamm.  
Example Bank:
• the traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb

Idiom: lamb to the slaughter

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lamb / læm / noun [ C or U ]

B1 a young sheep, or the flesh of a young sheep eaten as meat:

lambs gambolling about in the fields

lamb chops

roast lamb

→  See also mutton

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

lamb

[læ̱m]
 lambs
 1) N-COUNT A lamb is a young sheep.
 N-UNCOUNT
 Lamb is the flesh of a lamb eaten as food. Laura was basting the leg of lamb.
 2) N-COUNT (feelings) People sometimes use lamb when they are addressing or referring to someone who they are fond of and who is young, gentle, or unfortunate.
  She came and put her arms around me. `You poor lamb. What's wrong?'
 3) PHRASE: lamb inflects, PHR after v If you say that people do something like lambs or like lambs to the slaughter, you mean that they do what someone wants them to do without complaining or fighting.
  The pair surrendered to him like lambs...
  We follow their every word like lambs to the slaughter.
 4) mutton dressed as lambsee mutton

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1lamb /ˈlæm/ noun, pl lambs
1 a [count] : a young sheep
• She's as gentle as a lamb.
• a sacrificial lamb
- compare ewe, 1ram
b [noncount] : the meat of a lamb
• leg/rack of lamb
lamb chops
2 [count] informal : an innocent, weak, or gentle person
• You poor lamb.
like a lamb to the slaughter : in a very innocent way : without knowing that something bad will happen
• He walked into the meeting like a lamb to the slaughter.
mutton dressed as lamb
- see mutton

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