prawn
noun /prɔːn/
/prɔːn/
[countable, uncountable] (especially British English) (North American English usually shrimp)
- a shellfish that can be eaten, with ten legs and a long tail. Prawns turn pink when cooked.
enlarge image- For this recipe you need 250g of peeled king prawns.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrawn is used before these nouns:- cocktail
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin.
