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krab

krab is the clipping of carabiner.

Meaning of carabiner

Noun

carabiner (plural carabiners)

  1. A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects or for slinging gear (equipment) on one's person.
    • A carrabeener (metal clasp used in rock climbing) inside the pipes was devised as a release out, a tactic lent to them by Greenpeace.1992 February 2, Jen Wofford, “Activists Protest Price of AIDS Drug”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 5
    Synonyms:
    biner, crab, krab, snap-link

Noun

krab

  1. (colloquial) imitation crab meat; crab stick; kamaboko

Forms of krab

pluralkrabs

Origin of krab

Modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.

Respelling of crab. Compare wyngz.

Questions about krab

What does krab mean?
Krab means imitation crab meat; crab stick; kamaboko.
What is krab the clipping of?
Krab is the clipping of carabiner.
What part of speech is krab?
Krab is a noun.
What is the plural of krab?
The plural of krab is krabs.

Words near krab in the dictionary

  1. kraals
  2. kraar
  3. kraars
  4. Kraatz
  5. Kraatzes
  6. krab
  7. Krabbe
  8. Krabbe disease
  9. Krabbes
  10. Krabi
  11. krabs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: krab (page history and authors); carabiner (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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