crab


Definition: Meaning of, crab in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / krab /

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  1. [countable] a sea animal with a hard shell, five legs on each side, and two large CLAW s [↪  crustacean]
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  2. [uncountable] the flesh of this animal that you can cook and eat
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  3. crabs [plural] informal a medical condition in which a type of LOUSE (= insect) is in the hair around sexual organs
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  4. [singular] American English informal someone who becomes annoyed easily about unimportant things
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Crab


Definition: Meaning of, Crab in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kræb /

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  1. astrology a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
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  2. the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
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Crab used in phrases

  • Alaska crab (noun)
    1. meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
    2. large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
  • Alaska king crab (noun)
    1. large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
    2. meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
  • Alaskan king crab (noun)
    1. meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
    2. large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
  • American crab apple (noun)
    1. medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
  • American lady crab (noun)
    1. brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  • Asian horseshoe crab (noun)
    1. horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia
  • Bechtel crab (noun)
    1. derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
  • Cancer the Crab (noun)
    1. the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
  • Crab Nebula (noun)
    1. a remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD
  • Dungeness crab (noun)
    1. small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
    2. Dungeness crab flesh of Cancer magister
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