mutton chop

1. 1.

   chop cut from a mature sheep

   Broaderchop
2. 2.

   facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)

   Synonymssideburnburnsideside-whiskers

   Broaderfacial hair

Questions about mutton chop

What does mutton chop mean?

mutton chop means "chop cut from a mature sheep". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mutton chop?

Close synonyms include sideburn, burnside, side-whiskers. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mutton chop a common word?

mutton chop is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.