SOFT-SHELL CRAB

Meaning of SOFT-SHELL CRAB in English

a crab, esp. the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.

[ 1835-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SOFT-SHELL CRAB — noun or soft-shelled crab : a crab that has recently shed its shell and has a very soft new one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRAB — I Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Английский словарь Британика
SOFT — I. ˈsȯft also ˈsäft adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English softe, soft, from Old English sōfte, alteration (probably influenced …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHELL — I. ˈshel noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English schell, shell, from Old English sciell; akin to Old English scealu …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOFT — — softly , adv. — softness , n. /sawft, soft/ , adj., softer, softest , n., adv., interj. adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHELL — — shell-less , adj. — shell-like , adj. /shel/ , n. 1. a hard outer covering of an animal, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAB — crab 1 — crablike , adj. /krab/ , n. , v. , crabbed, crabbing . n. 1. any decapod crustacean …
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHELL — I. ˈshel noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sciell; akin to Old English scealu shell, Old Norse skel, Lithuanian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRAB — I. ˈkrab noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; akin to Old High German krebiz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOFT — superl somewhat weak in intellect. 2. soft ·superl weak in character; impressible. 3. soft ·superl gentle in action or motion; …
Webster English vocab
SHELL — noun a pod. 2. shell ·vi to fall off, as a shell, crust, ·etc. 3. shell ·add. ·noun a gouge …
Webster English vocab
CRAB — adj sour; rough; austere. 2. crab ·vt to beat with a crabstick. 3. crab ·noun the zodiacal constellation cancer. 4. …
Webster English vocab
SOFT — [soft] adj [ME, fr. OE softe, alter. of sefte; akin to OHG semfti soft] (bef. 12c) 1 a: pleasing or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHELL — [shell] n [ME, fr. OE sciell; akin to OE scealu shell, ON skel, Lith skelti to split, Gk skallein to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRAB — [crab] n, often attrib [ME crabbe, fr. OE crabba; akin to OHG krebiz crab, OE ceorfan to carve--more at carve] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOFT — soft BrE AmE sɒft sɔːft AmE sɔːft sɑːft ▷ softer ˈsɒft ə ˈsɔːft- AmE ˈsɔːft ə r ˈsɑːft- ▷ softest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRAB — crab, Crab BrE AmE kræb ▷ crabbing ˈkræb ɪŋ ▷ crabs kræbz ▶ ˈ crab ˌ apple BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOFT — / sɒft; NAmE sɔːft/ adjective ( soft·er , soft·est ) NOT HARD 1. changing shape easily when pressed; not stiff …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHELL — / ʃel; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the hard outer part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRAB — / kræb; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs and two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT — soft S2 W2 /sɒft $ sɒːft/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative softer , superlative softest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHELL — I. shell 1 S3 W3 /ʃel/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sciell ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRAB — crab /kræb/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: crabba ] [ Sense 4: Date: 1800-1900 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHELL — n. & v. --n. 1 a the hard outer case of many marine molluscs (cockle shell). b the esp. hard …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHELL — n. & v. n. 1 a the hard outer case of many marine molluscs (cockle shell). b the esp. hard …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Oxford English vocab
SHELL — n. & v. --n. 1. a the hard outer case of many marine molluscs (cockle shell). b the esp. hard …
Oxford English vocab
CRAB — 1. n.1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Oxford English vocab
SOFT — ( softer, softest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHELL — ( shells, shelling, shelled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The shell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHELL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES shell game ▪ Critics called the proposal a shell game. shell shock shell suit …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRAB — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crab apple hermit crab COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE blue ▪ The body meat of …
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Cambridge English vocab
CRAB — n. blue crab Crab Nebula Dungeness crab fiddler crab hermit crab horseshoe crab king crab Japanese crab Alaskan king crab …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRAB — n. Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SOFT — Synonyms and related words : Mickey Mouse, accented, accepting, adoring, affectionate, afraid, alveolar, anemic, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, asthenic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHELL — Synonyms and related words : Eustachian tube, L, R, acting area, aim at, alveolation, alveolus, ante up, antrum, anvil, apron, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOFT — adj. soft on soft boiled soft pedal soft shell soft soap soft spot soft touch
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOFT — INDEX: 1. soft and easy to press or crush 2. soft and pleasant to touch 3. soft and wet 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
SOFT — adj. 25B6; adjective soft fruit : MUSHY, squashy, pulpy, pappy, slushy, squelchy, squishy, doughy; informal gooey; Brit. informal squidgy. soft …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHELL
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOFT — adj. 1 yielding, cushiony, plushy, spongy, squeezable, compressible, squashy, squashable, flexible, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, flexile, flexuous, unstarched This mattress …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHELL — 1. сущ. 1) оболочка, корка 2) остов; каркас the shells of burned buildings ≈ остовы обгоревших зданий 3) особые виды …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB — I сущ. 1) кислое яблоко (дикое, несортовое) 2) дикая яблоня II 1. сущ. 1) зоол. краб 2) (Crab) Рак (созвездие …
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHELL — shell.ogg _I 1. ʃel n 1. раковина snail mollusc shell - раковина улитки моллюска 2. 1> скорлупа; шелуха shell egg …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRAB — crab.ogg _I 1. kræb n 1. 1> зоол. краб ( Brachyure ; тж. true crab) 2> мясо краба canned crab …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHELL — 1) оболочка 2) остов, каркас 3) кожух; корпус; обшивка 4) слой || отслаиваться 5) оболочковая литейная форма 6) трубная заготовка …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SHELL — 1) оболочка 2) остов, каркас 3) кожух; корпус; обшивка 4) слой || отслаиваться 5) оболочковая литейная форма 6) трубная заготовка 7) плена, чешуйка, закат (дефект проката); …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SOFT — 1) гибкий 2) ковкий 3) магнитно-мягкий 4) мягкий 5) мягкорисующий 6) неконтрастный 7) низкоплавкий 8) пресный • soft focus lens — мягкорисующий объектив soft magnetic material — магнитно-мягкий материал, физ. …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHELL — 1) баллон 2) вышелушивать 3) вышелушить 4) колба 5) корпус 6) налущивать 7) насадный 8) оболочечный 9) оболочка 10) оболочковый 11) очищать от скорлупы 12) раковина 13) раковинный 14) раковистый 15) ракушечный 16) скелет 17) скорлупа 18) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CRAB — I crab сущ.1) кислое яблоко (дикое, несортовое) 2) дикая яблоня II crab сущ.1) зоол. краб 2) ( Crab) Рак (созвездие …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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