"house lamb" meaning in All languages combined

See house lamb on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: house lambs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} house lamb (countable and uncountable, plural house lambs)
  1. (countable) A lamb raised for slaughter wholly inside a building. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-house_lamb-en-noun-tjuj6Grv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. (uncountable) The meat of such a lamb. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-house_lamb-en-noun-9MDxuV5p

Inflected forms

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