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crab boil

crab boil noun: a spice mixture used to flavor the water in which crabs or other shellfish are boiled.

Noun

crab boil (countable and uncountable, plural crab boils)

  1. (uncountable) A spice mixture used to flavor the water in which crabs or other shellfish are boiled.
  2. (countable) A social event where boiled crabs are eaten.

Forms of crab boil

pluralcrab boils

Questions about crab boil

What does crab boil mean?
Crab boil means a spice mixture used to flavor the water in which crabs or other shellfish are boiled.
What part of speech is crab boil?
Crab boil is a noun.
What is the plural of crab boil?
The plural of crab boil is crab boils.

Words near crab boil in the dictionary

  1. crab angles
  2. crab apple
  3. crab apples
  4. crab appletree
  5. crab appletrees
  6. crab boil
  7. crab boils
  8. crab bucket syndrome
  9. crab bucket syndromes
  10. crab burger
  11. crab burgers

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