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crabmeat

American  
[krab-meet] / ˈkræbˌmit /

noun

  1. the parts of a crab used for food.


Etymology

Origin of crabmeat

crab 1 + meat

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