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crab cakes

crab cakes is the plural of crab cake.

Meaning of crab cake

Noun

crab cake (countable and uncountable, plural crab cakes)

  1. A type of fishcake popular in the United States composed of crab meat and various other ingredients such as bread crumbs, milk, mayonnaise, eggs and seasonings.
    • “I have to say, without pause, it was one of the most profound, important days of my life,” Ms. Witherspoon told the Bagger in October at a fancy New York restaurant, between sips of cappuccino and bites of crab cake.2014 December 1, Cara Buckley, “Reese Witherspoon’s Personal ‘Wild’ Audience”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Dec...

Questions about crab cakes

What is crab cakes the plural of?
Crab cakes is the plural of crab cake.

Words near crab cakes in the dictionary

  1. crab burger
  2. crab burgers
  3. crab butter
  4. crab cactus
  5. crab cake
  6. crab cakes
  7. crab canon
  8. crab canons
  9. crab claw
  10. crab claw sail
  11. crab claw sails

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