Food / A1

LAM/læm/

A lamb is a young sheep. Countable: a lamb, lambs. A sheep is the adult; a cow is a different farm animal. Lamb can also mean the meat — some lamb, a lamb chop — often uncountable then. Not lamp (a light) — extra p, and you already know lamp.

Meaning

A young sheep, or the meat from a young sheep.

Examples

• “The lamb is standing by its mother.”
• “The lamb followed the sheep.”
• “We had lamb with potatoes on Sunday.”

Good to know

a lamb (young sheep). Adult: sheep. Meat: some lamb. Mix-up: lamp.

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