| NOUN | food | crabmeat, crab | the edible flesh of any of various crabs |
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| Sounds | krae'bmiy.t | |
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| Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... | |
| Meaning | The edible flesh of any of various crabs. | |
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| Synonym | crab | |
| Part of | crab cocktail | A cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce |
| Narrower | Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab | meat of large cold-water crab |
| Dungeness crab | Flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab) | |
| Japanese crab | crabmeat usually canned | |
| blue crab | Atlantic crab | |
| crab legs | legs of especially Alaska king crabs | |
| soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab | Freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible | |
| stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor | |
| Broader | shellfish | meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
| Spanish | cangrejo | |
| Catalan | cranc | |
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