crab
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- noun
- /kræb/
- Alaskan king crab.
- crab meat
- crab cakes
- soft-shell crab
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Watch on YouTubeYou 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.
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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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Meat from sea animals with a shell, like crab or clams
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Legs of a crab often served as food, like king or snow crabs
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Parts of a crab that people eat
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A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
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A crab with a soft new shell that people often eat whole
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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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The meat from a large Pacific crab, often sweet and tender
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A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
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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 large red crab from the east coast of North America eaten as seafood
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A blue crab eaten for its meat and found on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America
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Meat from crabs caught in Japan that is often sold in cans for food
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Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
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The meat from the legs of large cold water crabs that people eat
A very large crab that people eat from the northern Pacific, called the red king crab
A crab that recently shed its shell so it is soft and people eat it whole
Compounds
- 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
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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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7.8
A large sea animal with a hard shell shaped like a horseshoe and a long pointed tail
- 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
- Specialized
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9.8
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- US
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A small crab that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave
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A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
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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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The sweet meat from the legs of a very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska
- US
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A large crab you can eat that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska and Japan
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A large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan
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A sea crab with back legs flat like paddles that help it swim in shallow coastal water
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A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals
- Philippine
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A monkey from Southeast Asia that often eats crabs and lives near rivers
- Philippine
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A habit of trying to pull others down when they succeed because you feel jealous
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Small wild animal that lives near water and eats crabs and other small water animals
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Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
A South American cactus with stem sections often kept indoors for its bright red flowers
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 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 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 small tree or shrub from the southeastern United States grown for its pretty pink spring flowers
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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.