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Word entry · 4 letters

lamb

Best crossword clue

"Spring farm animal"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈlæm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ablmStarts with LEnds with B1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give birth to a lamb

Word origin

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-.

Used in a sentence

  • Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.
  • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Exodus 12:5: “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:”
  • Near-synonym: sheep

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