Alaska crab
- noun
- /əˈlæskə kræb/
- US
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cangrejo de Alaska
- Fishermen in the Bering Sea risk their lives catching Alaska crab each winter.
Examples
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She ordered a plate of steamed Alaska crab during her trip to Juneau.
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The restaurant is known for its fresh Alaska crab dishes every season.
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I love Alaska crab!
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Have you tried Alaska crabs before?
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Fishermen in the Bering Sea risk their lives catching Alaska crab each winter.
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She ordered a plate of steamed Alaska crab during her trip to Juneau.
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The restaurant is known for its fresh Alaska crab dishes every season.
Synonyms
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A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
A very large crab that people eat from the northern Pacific, called the red king crab
A large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan
A large spiny crab that lives in cold northern seas
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward composition of a place name + noun: 'Alaska' indicates origin/region and 'crab' names the animal/seafood, so the phrase denotes crabs from Alaska or their meat. This place-modifier + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be easily inferred by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Alaska crab is named for the big crabs caught off the coast of Alaska and nearby seas. Picture fishermen pulling up pots full of large crabs from cold water, and you can see why the name means 'a large edible crab found in the northern Pacific'.