shrimp
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1.0
- 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.
- This one has squid scallops and shrimp and stuff.
- I am wild made with wild shrimp, garlic and butter.
- Taste is kind of like Key Lime Pie, shrimp, tequila.
- So we do pigs in a blanket shrimp cocktail.
- That's why they don't sell butterscotch shrimp or Jolly Ranch dressing.
Examples
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The stewards began serving shrimp cocktail and prime rib a little ahead of schedule.
Academic text (2012) -
How about we have shrimp for supper?
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All right, I got some shrimp on the way home from school.
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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.
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I think what I have here is a lovely shrimp soup with noodles.
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And there we have it, Pineapple shrimp fried rice.
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How about we have shrimp for supper?
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This time they've got shrimp cocktail.
Synonyms
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2.0
Sea animals with a shell, like shrimp or oysters
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1.0
A small sea animal like a shrimp with a hard shell that people eat
Compounds
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6.1
A small animal like a tiny shrimp that lives in very salty water and is used as food for fish
- Specialized
A very small water animal that has a hard shell like a mussel and a body like a small shrimp
- Specialized
A small shrimp-like animal whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch under their legs
- Specialized
A very small water animal like a shrimp with its whole body inside a two-part shell
- Specialized
A small fresh water animal like a shrimp with a wide shell and a tadpole-like body
- Australian
A small tropical fish with a thin body and clear plates that make it hard to see
A white creamy sauce that uses cream and butter made from shrimp, served with seafood
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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.