: the flesh of a mature sheep used for food
Examples of mutton in a Sentence
a meal of mutton and potatoes
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Get ready for thrilling rodeo events like bull riding, barrel racing, mutton busting, and roping.
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Get your cowboy hats and put your boots on the ground for an event filled with bull riding, mutton busting and bronc riding.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Mutton bustin’, where local kids can ride a sheep (mutton), takes place during each rodeo.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
In the animal study, mice were fed three types of red meat – pork, beef and mutton – every day for two weeks.
—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
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Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Get your cowboy hats and put your boots on the ground for an event filled with bull riding, mutton busting and bronc riding.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Mutton bustin’, where local kids can ride a sheep (mutton), takes place during each rodeo.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
In the animal study, mice were fed three types of red meat – pork, beef and mutton – every day for two weeks.
—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Mutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutton. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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mutton
noun
mut·ton
ˈmət-ᵊn 
: the flesh of a mature sheep used for food
Etymology
from French mouton "sheep"
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