Used in a Sentence

lobster

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lobster.

Editorial note

It's like saying people prefer lobster soup over pea soup, but as you start to add more lobster to the pea soup...

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Quick take

Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lobster gathered in one view.

noun

Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:

verb

To fish for lobsters.

noun

A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lobster.

noun

Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:

verb

To fish for lobsters.

noun

A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).

noun

A squat lobster.

Example sentences

1

It's like saying people prefer lobster soup over pea soup, but as you start to add more lobster to the pea soup...

2

That would be like joking in the restaurant when you tell them to get you the lobster and champagne.

3

What really happened: they were smuggling undersize (and hence illegal) lobster tails and using the packaging to conceal their crime.

4

They routed the shipments through out of the way ports that had poor lobster inspection capabilities.

5

TL;DR version: they were arrested and convicted for importing over $15 million in illegal lobster tails.

6

All the same, these same lobster-jews would be very offended if you called them non-religious, they are in their OWN WAY.

7

They also mentioned that a small percentage of the lobster tails were slightly underweight.

8

It's the kind of lobster boiling problem: Since it was so gradual, it was tough to see if/when a line was crossed.

9

Out of 80 items i wasnt allergic to lobster, chicken,and bananas, random i know).

10

And lobster and clams so that it wasnt all pie, pie, pie.

11

They violated a Honduran law which forbade shipping lobster is clear packages.

12

Millions of Irish people starved to death during the Potato Famine and evicted from their land while their landlords happily dined on lobster soup.

Quote examples

1

People love to fixate on the "undersized lobster" part of this story, but that's an irrelevant detail.

2

If you had a recipe for "Lobster Thermadore" that was a close copy of another published version, that would be infringement.

3

For the majority of that sample space "kosher" meant lobster but no pork.

4

"Mickey D's first introduced a lobster roll — then called the "McLobster" — nationally in 1993" [1] IMO, no one reads that and assumes that McDs invented the lobster roll.

Proper noun examples

1

Lobster is popular in the US and they're like giant sea insects.

2

Lobster and steak at a 5-star restaurant?

3

Lobster is really cool, could I get an invite?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lobster in a sentence?

It's like saying people prefer lobster soup over pea soup, but as you start to add more lobster to the pea soup...

What does lobster mean?

Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:

What part of speech is lobster?

lobster is commonly used as noun, verb.