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shrimp

shrimp

301 1.0
A small sea animal with a long body and ten legs that people eat
  • noun
  • /ʃrɪmp/
: camarón
  • Add shrimp broth and shrimp, and simmer until the shrimp are cooked, just a few minutes.
  • frozen shrimp
  • shrimp farming
  • shrimp farms

This one has squid scallops and shrimp and stuff.

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Examples

  • The stewards began serving shrimp cocktail and prime rib a little ahead of schedule.

    Academic text (2012)
  • How about we have shrimp for supper?

  • All right, I got some shrimp on the way home from school.

  • And my mother used to go down the river to catch small shrimp and little fish.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And it's often served with things like fish, shrimp, chicken and eggs.

  • I think what I have here is a lovely shrimp soup with noodles.

  • And there we have it, Pineapple shrimp fried rice.

  • How about we have shrimp for supper?

  • This time they've got shrimp cocktail.

Synonyms

prawn
vsshrimp
  • UK
24 1.0

A small sea animal like a shrimp with a hard shell that people eat

is a specific small shellfish with a long body and ten legs often eaten
shellfish
vsshrimp
15 2.0

Sea animals with a shell, like shrimp or oysters

is the narrower category referring to the small long-bodied ten-legged edible form

Compounds

16 2.3

A cold starter of cooked shrimp served with a spicy sauce

3 6.1

A small animal like a tiny shrimp that lives in very salty water and is used as food for fish

2 2.8

A white creamy sauce that uses cream and butter made from shrimp, served with seafood

A tropical sea creature with bright colors and very strong claws

1 7.7

A dish of shrimp cooked in a rich creamy sauce often served in a ring of rice

mussel shrimp
  • Specialized
1 9.4

A very small water animal that has a hard shell like a mussel and a body like a small shrimp

1 8.4

A small fresh water animal with a clear body and many legs that swims on its back

Butter mixed with small pieces of shrimp and used as a spread or in cooking

A small sea shrimp that makes a loud snap with one large claw

A small sea animal with one large claw that snaps loudly to stun prey

opossum shrimp
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A small shrimp-like animal whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch under their legs

seed shrimp
  • Specialized
7.9

A very small water animal like a shrimp with its whole body inside a two-part shell

tadpole shrimp
  • Specialized
9.7

A small fresh water animal like a shrimp with a wide shell and a tadpole-like body

shrimp-fish
  • Australian
9.9

A small tropical fish with a thin body and clear plates that make it hard to see

A small thin sea animal that lives on seaweed and looks like a tiny mantis

How Big

whale
438 1.0
seal
100 1.0
dolphin
215 1.0
sea animal
2 1.0
fish
∞ 1.0
shrimp
301 1.0
plankton
  • Specialized
19 4.2

Surface Forms

shrimp singular
shrimps plural

Etymology

Shrimp names the small sea creature we eat and is easy to remember because it looks small and curled up. A helpful way to remember it is to think of shrink or 'shrunken', so shrimp means a little shellfish with a long body and many legs.