gobbet
/ˈɡɒbɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat.
noun
An extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, discussion, or translation in an examination.
Example Sentences
- "BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets."
- "He balked only when the priest scooped from the pot some of the medicine the woman had prepared and presented it for him to eat. The man shouted and Justin obediently opened his mouth to receive the sticky gobbet of paste."
- "The gobbet – the largest piece of meat served in hash or soup – was about the size of a man's thumb."
- "This bottom was littered with great gobbets of flesh, most of which was in the last state of putridity."
- "This new status for primary source material in schools was not a permeation down of the gobbet tradition from undergraduate courses. The gobbet functioned as a prompt to an exposition on the context of the extract — the period, the events, the people and ideas referred to in the gobbet."
- "Gobbets are designed to assess your ability to comment critically upon source material, whether a text or an object. Each gobbet will have at least one specific point that should be addressed/analysed, so always consider why a particular passage/image has been chosen."
Etymology
From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.