crab
(kræb )
Word forms: crabs
countable noun B2
A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.
Crab is the flesh of this creature eaten as food.
Image of crab
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Collocations:
crab meat crab salad fresh crab
Tonight's cookalong starts off with a dish of angel-hair pasta made with white crab meat, red chilli and lime juice.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Stir in the white crab meat and parsley.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Turn off the heat and stir in the brown crab meat.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In this one, chunks of white crab meat and plump tiger prawns vie for your fork's attention.
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White crab meat is a British delicacy.
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She loved her crab salad with poached egg and her beef stroganoff.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A crab salad with yuzu and chrysanthemum was fresh, clean, clearly defined and interesting.
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The 'light' canapés include a crab salad, rose veal tartare and partridge escabeche.
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We started with fresh crab with celeriac and apple, and an eau de nil sauce that tasted freshly of sour apples.
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Three big slabs of toast heaped with very fresh crab were lightly dressed and had an exciting kick of chilli.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I would far rather eat fresh crab than lobster.
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There's something about fresh crab that epitomises the British summertime.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Boiling then picking crab is a fiddly, time-consuming job but fresh crab meat is increasingly available, most often sold as dressed crab.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Translations:
Chinese: 螃蟹
Japanese: カニ