Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prawn cocktail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: prawn -cock-tail
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

prawn cocktails (plural)

Phrases

prawn cocktail offensive

Synonyms

shrimp cocktail

Questions

What does prawn cocktail mean?: A salad dish made from cooked, peeled, chilled prawns with a Marie Rose sauce, served on lettuce with lemon.

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