lobster
IPA: ɫˈɑbstɝ
noun
- A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
- A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
- (slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
- (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
verb
- To fish for lobsters.
- (Internet slang) To trick someone with a blue lobster picture and an annoying Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
adjective
- Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
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Examples of "lobster" in Sentences
- Another kind of arthropod is the lobster.
- I put my lobsters into the pot headfirst.
- Freezing the lobster may toughen the meat.
- Note the slight resemblance to the lobster tail pot.
- The waters of the bay are also used for fishing lobster.
- In the United States, the lobster industry is regulated by law.
- The main activity of the community was fishing for cod and lobster.
- The lobster drops back into the water, taking the fishhook with him.
- The major industry is fishing with the mainstay being lobster and herring.
- For years the dominant industries were that of the cod and lobster fisheries.
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