noun
Meaning 1
The meat of a crab.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crabmeat
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crab
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shellfish
Narrower terms: blue crab, crab legs, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, Japanese crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab, Dungeness crab, stone crab
History
Etymology
From crab + meat.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 蟹肉 (haai5 juk6) — meat of a crab
- Chinese Mandarin: 蟹肉 (xièròu) — meat of a crab
- Min Nan Chinese: 蟳肉 /𫊻肉 (chîm-bah) — meat of a crab
- Danish: krabbekød — meat of a crab
- Finnish: ravunliha — meat of a crab
- Haitian Creole: vyann krab — meat of a crab
- Icelandic: krabbakjöt — meat of a crab
- Korean: 게살 (gesal) — meat of a crab
- Polish: krabie mięso — meat of a crab
- Russian: кра́бовое мя́со (krábovoje mjáso) — meat of a crab
- Tamil: நண்டிறைச்சி (naṇṭiṟaicci) — meat of a crab
- Thai: เนื้อปู — meat of a crab