a grass-eating animal kept for its flesh as food (mutton) and its wool
animals raised on a farm
Cases of word usage
1) (a piece of) the woolly covering of a sheep or similar animal; to rob (a person) by using trickery (fleece)
2) a group of birds, sheep or goats; a crowd of people (flock)
3) a young sheep (lamb)
4) (a field of) grassland for cows or sheep (meadow)
5) (a manuscript on) writing material prepared from the skin of a sheep or goat (parchment)
6) a person who takes care of sheep (shepherd)
7) the hard fat round the kidneys of sheep and oxen, used in cooking (suet)