Definitions

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  • noun The meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.

Etymologies

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sheep +‎ meat

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Examples

  • Moves to boost sheep welfare in Middle East THE sheepmeat industry has unveiled a new plan to improve the welfare of live Australian sheep exported to the Middle East, including a groundbreaking ban on individual sheep being taken away for private slaughter.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Lamb and sheepmeat prices remain at strong levels, strengthening slightly in New Zealand and softening slightly in Australia over the past month.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • In its annual New Zealand Agriculture in Focus report, the agribusiness bank says global demand for some agricultural commodities _ such as dairy and sheepmeat _ is increasing.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • ` ` Along with dairy, sheepmeat is also well placed to capitalise on the positive outlook, ''

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • The milk and milk products and beef and sheepmeat subsectors were the two largest contributors to total gross turnover in 2008.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Increased consumption in populous emerging markets was expected to result in 21 percent more sheepmeat and almost 15 percent more beef being consumed globally in 2019, compared to

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • In particular, the sheepmeat industry faced the important but difficult challenge of increasing investment along the value chain, the report said.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • While demand from traditional markets may still be sluggish, New Zealand beef and sheepmeat farmers are now benefiting from a reduced global meat supply as well as new export opportunities to developing countries whose economies have better weathered the global financial crisis.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • While the whole market was expanding, sheepmeat consumption in Organisation for Economic

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • Promising outlook for New Zealand beef and sheepmeat farmers

    NZ On Screen 2010

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  • I LOVE THIS WORD it has influenced many parts of my life and has awakened me to a BRAND NEW descriptor for the tasty meat of the sheep. Now as I enter the butchers or, perchance, the supermarket not only do I have words like "lamb" or "mutton" to caress my lips but now I have utter DELIGHT of pointing at the fridge and saying "that looks like lovely SHEEPMEAT we should get some for dinner" THANK YOU WORLD FOR THIS BEAUTIFul WORD

    November 5, 2023

  • I'd never heard of this! Do we suppose there's a meat list around here somewhere? Mincemeat, lunchmeat, etc.?

    November 6, 2023

  • There is! https://www.wordnik.com/lists/-meat-words-HGBQRrdMiFY

    November 6, 2023