crab
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- noun
- /kræb/
:
carne de cangrejo
- Alaskan king crab.
- crab meat
- crab cakes
- soft-shell crab
You had a Baltimore crab cake from a restaurant.
- You had a Baltimore crab cake from a restaurant.
- We're able to like watch the surf and we ate this like lobster crab roll.
- Oh, yeah, I need a crab leg up here at the front.
- What that means is I love the wire and crabs.
- They're like, Oh well, fucking Shirlene was supposed to do the damn crab cakes.
- Along with crab puffs and chicken fingers of course.
- Drink the crab, Drink the crab, drink the crab, drink the crab.
Examples
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There's crab cocktail, porterhouse steak, and cheesecake.
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You had a Baltimore crab cake from a restaurant.
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The crab meat is all spread out on top of my rice.
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If you see crab cakes, get some because I love them.
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Great big fruit platter, and this is a wonderful crab dish.
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The females were fed on whitefish, salmon, and crab meat 2-3 times weekly.
Academic text (1999) -
OK, Not only did they have crab Rangoon fries, they had crab Rangoon nachos.
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The chef prepared a delicious dish made with crab meat and fresh herbs.
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I ordered a steaming plate of crab linguine at the seaside restaurant.
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At the market, we bought several pounds of fresh crab to make seafood stew.
Synonyms
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Animals from the sea that people eat, like fish and shellfish
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Parts of a crab that people eat
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Legs of a crab often served as food, like king or snow crabs
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2.2
Meat from sea animals with a shell, like crab or clams
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4.9
A crab with a soft new shell that people often eat whole
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3.4
A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
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Meat from the legs of a large cold water crab that people eat as a delicacy
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A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
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A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
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A crab that recently shed its shell so it is soft and people eat it whole
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A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
A very large crab that people eat from the northern Pacific, called the red king crab
The meat from the legs of large cold water crabs that people eat
The meat from a large Pacific crab, often sweet and tender
A blue crab eaten for its meat and found on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America
A large red crab from the east coast of North America eaten as seafood
Meat from crabs caught in Japan that is often sold in cans for food
Compounds
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8.2
The remains of a star explosion that people first saw in 1054 in the constellation Taurus
- Specialized
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A large sea animal with a hard shell shaped like a horseshoe and a long pointed tail
- US
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A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
- US
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4.1
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
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3.3
A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
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3.2
A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- Philippine
A habit of trying to pull others down when they succeed because you feel jealous
A South American cactus with stem sections often kept indoors for its bright red flowers
A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals
- Philippine
A monkey from Southeast Asia that often eats crabs and lives near rivers
Small wild animal that lives near water and eats crabs and other small water animals
A silvery grey seal from Antarctica that eats mainly small sea animals with shells
- Specialized
A small apple tree grown for its tart fruit or pretty spring flowers
A large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan
Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
The sweet meat from the legs of a very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska
A small crab with a bright, spotted shell that lives on sandy east coast beaches of the United States
- Indian
A sea animal with a hard shell and a long tail spine that lives on Asian coasts
A large crab with long legs and a spiny shell that lives in European coastal waters
- US
A small crab that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave
- US
A small crab with bright purple spots on its shell that lives on sandy Atlantic beaches
A tropical sea animal like a crab that lives in burrows and uses large front claws to catch prey
- US
A medium-sized tree from the eastern United States with pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
- US
A small wild apple tree that grows in the western United States and has fragrant pink flowers
A sea crab with back legs flat like paddles that help it swim in shallow coastal water
A small tree or shrub from the southeastern United States grown for its pretty pink spring flowers
How Expensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crab for the food simply takes the name of the animal crab, because people eat its flesh, so the same word is used for the shellfish and its meat.