Mutton

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈmÊŒtnÌ©/

Origin

From Old French mouton ("sheep"), from Gaulish moltus, *moltos, from Proto-Celtic *moltos ("ram, wether").

Full definition of mutton

Noun

1. The flesh of sheep used as food.
2. (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
3. (obsolete) A prostitute.

Synonyms

• (meat of a sheep) sheepflesh, sheepmeat

Hyponyms

• (meat of a sheep) lamb

Derived terms

• mutton bird
• mutton dressed as lamb

Adjective

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

Synonyms

• Mutton Jeff