noun
- The edible flesh of crabs, used as food; plural form or mass noun referring to crab meat in general or from multiple crabs.
Usage: Usually used as a mass noun (uncountable) in culinary contexts, though 'crabmeats' can appear in recipes or menus referring to multiple portions or types.
Examples
- The restaurant serves fresh crabmeats in their signature cakes.
- She bought several pounds of crabmeats for the seafood pasta.
- Crabmeats are a popular ingredient in Asian cuisine.
- The recipe calls for lump crabmeats from the body of the crab.
- We enjoyed crabmeats at the seaside restaurant last summer.