What does "sheepmeat" mean?

The meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.

What is a synonym for "sheepmeat"?

Common synonyms include: mutton, sheepflesh, sheepflesh.

Sheepmeat

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Noun

1
The meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton. uncountable, usually
"I do not know what will be the outcome of the argument about levels of radioactive caesium in sheepmeat (alias mutton or lamb) in North Wales and Cumbria, let alone in Scotland."

Synonyms

All synonyms

mutton sheepflesh sheepflesh

Example

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"I do not know what will be the outcome of the argument about levels of radioactive caesium in sheepmeat (alias mutton or lamb) in North Wales and Cumbria, let alone in Scotland."

Etymology

From sheep + meat.

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