Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

she-crab

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: she-crab
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, especially an immature one (as contrasted with a sook).

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:she-crab."

Etymology

From she- + crab.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: she

Inflected Forms

she-crabs (plural)

Phrases

she-crab soup

Questions

What does she-crab mean?: A female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, especially an immature one (as contrasted with a sook).
Where does she-crab come from?: From she- + crab.

How to pronounce she-crab

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