Definition

1. Noun:
   • A marine crustacean: A large edible crustacean with a hard shell, two large claws, and eight legs, living on the sea floor.
   • The flesh of this animal as food: The meat from a lobster, typically cooked and eaten.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Animal):
  • The diver saw a lobster hiding under a rock.
  • Lobsters can live for a very long time.
• Noun (Food):
  • We ordered steamed lobster with butter.
  • This restaurant is famous for its lobster bisque.

Advanced Usage

• "To be red as a lobster": An informal idiom describing someone with a severe sunburn, because lobsters turn bright red when cooked.
  • After a day at the beach without sunscreen, he was red as a lobster.

Variants and Related Words

• Lobsterman (n): A person who catches lobsters professionally.
  • The lobsterman checked his traps at dawn.
• Lobster pot (n): A trap used for catching lobsters.
  • They baited the lobster pot with fish heads.

Synonyms

• Crustacean: The broader biological category (e.g., crab, shrimp).
• Shellfish: The broader culinary category for edible aquatic invertebrates with shells.

Related Phrases

• Lobster shift: (Informal, chiefly US) A work shift during very late night or early morning hours.
  • She works the lobster shift at the newspaper, from midnight to 8 a.m.

Related Idioms

• "To have a lobster in one's pocket": An old, obscure idiom meaning to be stingy or unwilling to spend money.
  • He never buys a round of drinks; he must have a lobster in his pocket.

Noun

1. any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
2. flesh of a lobster