lobster

Plurallobsters

Formslobsters, lobstering, lobstered

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A large sea animal with a hard shell and two big front claws, eaten as food.

   Like a big crab, but with a long body and two strong front claws.

   We caught a huge lobster off the rocky coast.

   The lobster turned bright red while it cooked in the pot.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A sea animal like a lobster but with a spiny shell and no big claws, eaten as food.

   Like a lobster, but covered in spines and without the big front claws.

   Divers off the reef brought up a lobster with a spiny shell and no claws.

   This lobster has no big claws, just a rough, prickly shell.

   Similarcrayfish

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3. 3
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To catch lobsters in the sea, often using special traps.

   Like going fishing, but for lobsters instead of fish.

   They lobster off the coast every summer.

   We learned to lobster using traps baited with fish heads.

4. 4
   adjective

   Bright red, like skin that got too much sun.

   Like a lobster that has just been cooked, bright red all over.

   Her shoulders turned lobster after a day at the beach without sunscreen.

   His face went lobster when the whole class laughed.

   Similarred, scarlet, crimson, sunburned

   Oppositepale

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A flat sea animal that looks a bit like a lobster, with wide flat front parts.

   Like a lobster that someone pressed flat, with no big claws.

   The lobster they trawled up was flat and shovel-shaped, with no claws at all.

   This lobster is so flat it looks like a living paddle.

6. 6
   nouncountable

   A small sea animal like a tiny lobster, with its tail folded under its body.

   Like a tiny lobster that keeps its tail tucked under itself.

   The diver spotted a tiny lobster wedged in the rock, its tail curled beneath it.

   This little lobster keeps its tail tucked under its body.

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7. 7
   nounslangcountable

   In Australia, a twenty-dollar note, named because of its reddish-orange color.

   He pulled a couple of lobsters from his wallet to pay for the round.

   She handed the driver a lobster and waved off the change.

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8. 8
   nounslanghistoricalcountable

   A soldier in the old British army, named for the bright red uniform.

   The lobsters marched in tight formation, their scarlet coats bright against the hillside.

   A young lobster stood guard outside the garrison through the cold night.

   Similarredcoat

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