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lobster

/ˈlɒbstə/

/ˈlɑːbstər/

Translations

lobsternoun

lobsters

/ˈlɒbstə/

/ˈlɑːbstər/

homard

The restaurant served a delicious lobster with melted butter.

Le restaurant a servi un délicieux homard avec du beurre fondu.

chair de homardEn cuisine.

For dinner, we had a salad with chunks of fresh lobster.

Au dîner, nous avons mangé une salade avec des morceaux de chair de homard fraîche.

Additional translations

rougeHistorique, péjoratif; soldat britannique.

rouge homardPour désigner une nuance de rouge.

Synonyms

shellfish

crustacean

seafood

lobsterverb

lobstered

Past Simple

lobstered

Past Participle

lobstering

Gerund

Intransitive and transitive verb meaning 'to catch/fish for lobsters'; chiefly regional.

homarderPêcher des homards.

They lobster off the coast every summer.

Ils homardent au large de la côte chaque été.

Synonyms

fish for

lobsteradjective

/ˈlɒb.stə/

/ˈlɑːb.stɚ/

Used attributively to denote relation to lobsters or to describe a reddish colour.

rouge homardPour une couleur rouge vif.

After a day in the sun, his back was lobster red.

Après une journée au soleil, son dos était rouge homard.

de homard

We ordered lobster soup and a lobster roll.

Nous avons commandé une soupe de homard et un rouleau de homard.

Synonyms

Definitions

lobsternoun

A marine crustacean with a hard shell, two large claws, and a long body, commonly found in the Atlantic Ocean and often used as food.

The restaurant served a delicious lobster with melted butter.

The flesh of the lobster, especially when used as food.

For dinner, we had a salad with chunks of fresh lobster.

A shade of red resembling the color of a cooked lobster.

She wore a dress in a vibrant lobster red that caught everyone's attention.

A British soldier, especially during the 18th century; a redcoat (historical, derogatory).

The colonists taunted the lobsters stationed outside the tavern.

lobsterverb

To catch or fish for lobsters.

They lobster off the coast every summer.

lobsteradjective

Relating to or made from lobster.

We ordered lobster soup and a lobster roll.

Of a bright reddish colour resembling that of cooked lobster.

After a day in the sun, his back was lobster red.