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imitation crab

imitation crab noun: a processed seafood product designed to look, taste, and feel like real crab meat, containing no actual crab meat (or only a trace amount for flavor); primarily made of surimi (a pulverized white fish paste blended with starch, egg whites, sugar, and crab flavoring).

imitation crab: a processed seafood product designed to look, taste, and feel like real crab meat, containing no...
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Noun

imitation crab (uncountable)

  1. A processed seafood product designed to look, taste, and feel like real crab meat, containing no actual crab meat (or only a trace amount for flavor); primarily made of surimi (a pulverized white fish paste blended with starch, egg whites, sugar, and crab flavoring).

Questions about imitation crab

What does imitation crab mean?
Imitation crab means a processed seafood product designed to look, taste, and feel like real crab meat, containing no actual crab meat (or only a trace amount for flavor); primarily made of surimi (a pulverized white fish paste blended with starch, egg whites, sugar, and crab flavoring).
What part of speech is imitation crab?
Imitation crab is a noun.

Words near imitation crab in the dictionary

  1. imitateth
  2. imitating
  3. imitatings
  4. imitatio Dei
  5. imitation
  6. imitation crab
  7. imitation game
  8. imitation games
  9. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
  10. imitation lace
  11. imitation laces

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