Crab
//kɹæb//
Word Type
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Verb
Proper Noun
The word "crab" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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albera athe ocean atlantic ocean basket bay beach sand beah bodies of water boiling water boss's office boston bottom of ocean bottom of sea briny water burrow cape cod cartoon cave cheap motel chesapeak bay chesapeake bay chinese buffet chinese market chinese restaurant chowder coastal area coastal region coastal state cold water cooking kettle cooking pot coral reef costal area crab alfredo crab bisque crab cake crab net crab pot crab salad crab souffle crab soup crab stew crab trap crabpot crabtrap crib delicious meal eastern coast estuary fancy restaurant fish department fish market fish restaurant fishing boat fishmarket fishmongers fishtank food freezer galapagos grocery store groups gulf of mexico gumbo inter tidal zone intertidal zone kitchen lake maine maryland mediterranean seashore mens club most offices mouth mud of estuary new england north carolina north sea ocean's beaches ocena office outside own freezer pacific ocean pacificf ocean pet shop plate in louisianna pond ponds of fresh water pot red lobster represented in zodiac restaurant because people eat restaurant in coast resteraunt rock crevices near ocean rockpool rocks salad salt water salt water aquarium saltwater sand sand at beach sand by ocean sands sandy beach seafood department seafood market seafood platter seafood resaurant seafood store seaweed seychelles shallow water shallow water near beach shallow waters shilshole bay shore line shorts sky called cancer south carolina spain sponge bob cartoon stew pot surf tank theocean or crotch tidal flats tidal zone tide pool tidepool tidepool on beach tidepools tree underpants virginal virginia water at beach wet sand whore's pubic hair women's pant woods zodiac
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Derived Terms
Alaska crab Asian blue crab Atlantic ghost crab Boston crab Chinese crab Chinese mitten crab Christmas Island red crab Crab Nebula Diogenes crab Dolly Varden crab Dungeness crab Halloween crab Hoff crab Iowa crab Japanese crab Jonah crab Parkman crab Shanghai hairy crab Siberian crab Tasmanian giant crab anticrab applecrab arrow crab black crab black finger crab blue crab blue swimmer crab book-crab box crab brown box crab brown crab butterfly crab calling crab catch a crab cherry crab chili crab chilli crab circular crab coconut crab come off crabs crab Louie crab Louis crab angle crab apple crab boil crab bucket syndrome crab burger crab cactus crab cake crab canon crab claw crab dolly crab face crab football crab fork crab lantern crab louse crab market crab meat crab mentality crab oil crab plover crab puff crab rangoon crab rock crab sex crab soccer crab spider crab stick crab yaws crab's claw crab's eye crab's-eye crab-apple crab-bat crab-canon crab-catcher crab-claw crab-eater crab-eater seal crab-eating crab-eating fox crab-eating frog crab-eating macaque crab-eating raccoon crab-eating rat crab-eating zorro crab-face crab-faced crab-farming crab-favored crab-favoured crab-fish crab-grass crab-harrow crab-hole crab-holed crab-knob crab-like crab-lobster crab-louse crab-nut crab-pot crab-pot valve crab-roller crab-shell crab-sidle crab-snouted crab-spider crab-staff crab-step crab-stick crab-stock crab-stone crab-tree crab-weed crabapple crabbed crabber crabber crabbery crabbing crabbing crabbish crabble crabburger crabby crabcore crabeater crabfaced crabfish crabgrass crabhole crabless crablet crablike crabling crabmeat crabocado crabologist crabshell crabstick crabstone crabwalk crabwise crack crab cut a crab decorator crab decrab edible crab fast crab fiddler crab flower crab garland crab gazami crab ghost crab giant hermit crab giant mud crab glass-crab golden crab green crab hard-shell crab helmet crab hermit crab horse crab horseshoe crab king crab king-crab lady crab land crab land-crab mangrove crab mantis crab masked crab masking crab milliCrab mole crab moss crab mouthless crab mud crab no-body crab nobody crab oyster crab paddyfields crab palm crab paxillose crab pea crab pea-crab pole-crab porcelain crab porcupine crab purse crab purser's crabs pusser's crabs racing crab red crab reef crab river crab robber crab rock crab round crab rubble crab sand crab scavenger crab sea crab sentinel crab shame-faced crab shamefaced crab she-crab sheep crab shellback crab shore crab shore-crab sleepy crab snow crab soft-shell crab soldier crab soldier-crab spanner crab spider crab spider-crab sponge crab stilt crab stone crab strawberry crab swimming crab thinstripe hermit crab thumbnail crab tree crab troll crab tuna crab turn out crabs vampire crab velvet crab werecrab white crab yellowline arrow crab yeti crab
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animal bad tempered brachyura capstan carabiner carapace claw claws complain crab apple crab skuit crab tree craber crabier crabite crabmeat crabstick crayfish crustacean cudgel dogbane drift fish foremost ill tempered infestation infraorder irritate king king lobster leeward legs legs shell like like lobster lobster meat move ocean panier de crabes pincers playing card pthirus pubis pubic lice rigger ruin sea sea animal shell shellfish sideways small small crayfish spider winch windlass
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