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shrimp paste

shrimp paste noun: a fermented condiment made from salted shrimp and commonly used in the cuisines of Southeast Asia and South China.

Noun

shrimp paste (countable and uncountable, plural shrimp pastes)

  1. A fermented condiment made from salted shrimp and commonly used in the cuisines of Southeast Asia and South China.

shrimp paste meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian and Thai

shrimp paste in Tagalog

fermented condiment
bagoong alamang, heko

shrimp paste in Malay

fermented condiment
belacan

shrimp paste in Indonesian

fermented condiment
terasi

shrimp paste in Thai

fermented condiment
กะปิ gà-bpì
More languagesFewer languages
shrimp paste in Vietnamese
mắm tôm
shrimp paste in Myanmar
ငါးပိ nga:pi.

Forms of shrimp paste

pluralshrimp pastes

Questions about shrimp paste

What does shrimp paste mean?
Shrimp paste means a fermented condiment made from salted shrimp and commonly used in the cuisines of Southeast Asia and South China.
What is shrimp paste in Tagalog?
Shrimp paste in Tagalog is bagoong alamang, heko. See Shrimp paste meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is shrimp paste?
Shrimp paste is a noun.
What is the plural of shrimp paste?
The plural of shrimp paste is shrimp pastes.

Words near shrimp paste in the dictionary

  1. shrimp forks
  2. shrimp jammer
  3. shrimp jammers
  4. shrimp net
  5. shrimp nets
  6. shrimp paste
  7. shrimp plant
  8. shrimp plants
  9. shrimp scad
  10. shrimp scampi
  11. shrimp squat

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