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
Carefully pick through the crabmeat for shell fragments and cartlilage.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2023
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
It is the most time consuming part of any dish made with crabmeat, but again — it's worth it.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2023
But when I went to get a mop I saw something worse—that cat, that fool Pete, up on the kitchen table gorging crabmeat salad.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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