crab rangoon
crab rangoon noun: a deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with cream cheese, crab meat, and scallions or garlic.
Noun (1)
crab rangoon (plural crab rangoons)
- A deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with cream cheese, crab meat, and scallions or garlic.
- The history of crab rangoon leads back to tiki culture. The dish was probably invented by Victor Bergeron, best known as the namesake founder of the Trader Vic's chains of tiki bars.2020, Dan Nosowitz, “What the Heck is Crab Rangoon Anyway?”, in J. Kenji López-Alt, editor, The Best American Food Writing 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 227
Noun (2) capitalized: crab Rangoon
crab Rangoon (plural crab Rangoons)
- Alternative letter-case form of crab rangoon.
Forms of crab rangoon
| plural | crab rangoons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | crab Rangoon |
| plural | crab Rangoons |
Origin of crab rangoon
Named after, but apparently not otherwise connected to, the Burmese city of Rangoon. Apparently first served by the "Polynesian-style" restaurant Trader Vic's in San Francisco c. 1956. Now associated with American Chinese cuisine.
Words formed from crab rangoon
Questions about crab rangoon
- What does crab rangoon mean?
- Crab rangoon means a deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with cream cheese, crab meat, and scallions or garlic.
- What part of speech is crab rangoon?
- Crab rangoon is a noun.
- What is the plural of crab rangoon?
- The plural of crab rangoon is crab rangoons.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: crab rangoon (page history and authors); crab Rangoon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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