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cray

cray

8 9.3
A large spiny sea animal like a lobster that people eat
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : langosta espinosa

Examples

  • I think the people of these states need to get these crays out of office!

    Blog text (6)
  • The whole lot: driving cray boats, cray fishing, trawling.

    Academic text (2010)
  • I'll admit I can get a little cray-cray about repurposing things that most might just throw away.

    Blog text (27)
  • We all know you're going through something, but you're cray-cray.

  • The restaurant serves a delicious cray that is popular among locals and tourists alike.

  • On our trip to New Zealand, we enjoyed a fresh cray while dining by the ocean.

  • He caught a large cray during his fishing trip, making it the highlight of the evening.

Synonyms

lobster
vscray
157 1.0

A large sea animal with a hard shell and big claws that people eat

is instead the Australasian term for the spiny, clawless edible shellfish
crayfish
vscray
  • Australian
2 2.8

A large sea animal like a lobster with a spiny shell that people eat

is the regional name in Australia and New Zealand highlighting local consumption
spiny lobster
vscray
1 4.2

A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws, often eaten in warm seas

is the regional name used especially in Australia and New Zealand for this crustacean
rock lobster
vscray
  • Australian
1 3.8

A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws eaten as food

is the local term used particularly in Australia and New Zealand for that animal
sea crawfish
vscray
  • US
4.8

A large sea animal with a spiny shell you can eat and no big claws

is the term used in Australia and New Zealand for that related sea crustacean

Surface Forms

cray singular
crays plural

Etymology

Cray is a common Australian and New Zealand short name for crayfish, the shellfish people eat. Because it comes from that name, cray is used to mean a large spiny lobster or similar sea animal.