crabmeat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crabmeat
Example Sentences
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The final meal before that climb consisted of freeze-dried crabmeat, tea and Jell-O.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Reportedly contracting ptomaine from poisonous crabmeat en route from Alaska, Harding was ordered to bed rest on his train.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
The highest grade of crabmeat is known as "jumbo lump."
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2023
There are so many heavenly crab dishes if you can get your hands on fresh crabmeat.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2023
By the time I’m ready to be dressed, their complaints about the difficulty of getting different products—from crabmeat to music chips to ribbons—has given me a sense of which districts might actually be rebelling.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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