lamb

noun

ˈlam How to pronounce lamb (audio)
Definition of lambnext
as in sheep
an innocent or gentle person the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them

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Recent Examples of lamb The organization added that 80 percent of fine merino wool comes from Australia, where live lamb cutting is legal and widely practiced as a quick and low-cost method of preventing fly infestation. — Kelli Bender, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025 Hearts have melted over a newborn lamb who has always been obsessed with taking a nap in humans' arms. — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 My lamb chops arrived quickly plated simply and thoughtfully on a wooden board. — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025 Sriram stars in her 16mm debut as AP, a fun-loving dominatrix who learns from a tarot reader (Big Freedia) that she’s been cursed, and the only way to lift the curse is to come up with $1,000 and sacrifice a baby lamb. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lamb
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  1. sheep
  2. angel
  3. innocent
Noun
  • Made with a leather outer and 100 percent sheep leather lining, the shoes have a stunning glossy finish that is complimented by a nylon twill bow.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Those spruce trees had colonized fields once used for sheep farming.
    — Jennifer Wolcott, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of sheep
Noun
  • Unlike Silicon Valley, New York lacked a deep pool of experienced angel investors in 2017–2018.
    — Christer Holloman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The latter will be completed by Alexia Laroche-Joubert, the boss of Banijay France; filmmaker-producer Julie Gayet; business angel and founder of Allociné Jean-David Blanc; and journalist Éric Libiot.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of angel
Noun
  • In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
  • According to human rights organizations, most were denied due process, innocents including children were detained, and hundreds were tortured in jail and died.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of innocent

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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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