Plural of crab
regular plural
The plural of crab is crabs.
Forms of crab
| Singular | crab /kɹæb/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | crabs /kɹæbz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Crabs in a sentence
- Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.
- I have childhood memories of muddy crabs scampering over mudflats at low tide.From the entry childhood memory
- We went fishing for crabs by the pier.From the entry fish
- Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.From the entry eyeless
- His favorite seafood is hardshell crabs.From the entry hardshell
Meaning of crab
- noun Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- noun The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- noun Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
Questions about the plural of crab
- What is the plural of crab?
- The plural of crab is crabs.
- Is crab countable?
- Crab is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crab (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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