A lobster is a sea creature that has a hard shell, two large claws, and eight legs.
She sold me a couple of live lobsters.
Lobster is the flesh of a lobster eaten as food.
...lobster on a bed of fresh vegetables.
lobster in British English
(ˈlɒbstə)
nounWord forms: plural-sters or -ster
1.
any of several large marine decapod crustaceans of the genus Homarus, esp H. vulgaris, occurring on rocky shores and having the first pair of limbs modified as large pincers
2.
any of several similar crustaceans, esp the spiny lobster
3.
the flesh of any of these crustaceans, eaten as a delicacy
Word origin
Old English loppestre, from loppe spider
lobster in American English
(ˈlɑbstər)
nounWord forms: pluralˈlobsters or ˈlobster
1.
any of various families (esp. Nephropidae) of marine, bottom-dwelling decapods withcompound eyes, long antennae, and usually the first pair of legs modified into large, powerful pincers: lobsters are greenish or dark gray in color when alive, but turn bright red when boiled
2.
the flesh of these animals used as food
verb intransitive
3.
to fish for lobsters
Derived forms
lobstering (ˈlobstering)
noun
Word origin
ME < OE loppestre, lopustre < loppe, spider (from the external resemblance: see lob) + -estre: see -ster
lobster in Hospitality
(lɒbstər)
Word forms: (regular plural) lobsters
noun (count) (noncount)
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, fish and seafood)
A lobster is a sea creature with a hard shell and two large claws. Its flesh is often eatenas food.
Many seafood restaurants offer lobster and crab.
To serve cooked lobster, twist off the claws first.
We offer a variety of fish, lobsters, and other shellfish.