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prawn cocktail

prawn cocktail noun: a salad dish made from cooked, peeled, chilled prawns with a Marie Rose sauce, served on lettuce with lemon.

Noun

prawn cocktail (plural prawn cocktails)

  1. A salad dish made from cooked, peeled, chilled prawns with a Marie Rose sauce, served on lettuce with lemon.
    Synonyms:
    shrimp cocktail

Synonyms of prawn cocktail

  • shrimp cocktail

Forms of prawn cocktail

pluralprawn cocktails

Words formed from prawn cocktail

Questions about prawn cocktail

What does prawn cocktail mean?
Prawn cocktail means a salad dish made from cooked, peeled, chilled prawns with a Marie Rose sauce, served on lettuce with lemon.
What part of speech is prawn cocktail?
Prawn cocktail is a noun.
What is the plural of prawn cocktail?
The plural of prawn cocktail is prawn cocktails.

Words near prawn cocktail in the dictionary

  1. prawlings
  2. prawlins
  3. prawn
  4. prawn chip
  5. prawn chips
  6. prawn cocktail
  7. prawn cocktail offensive
  8. prawn cocktails
  9. prawn cracker
  10. prawn crackers
  11. prawn crisp

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