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PRONUNCIATION OF HARD-SHELL CRAB

hard-shell crab play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARD-SHELL CRAB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hard-Shell crab is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARD-SHELL CRAB

hard-headedness
hard-hit
hard-hitting
hard-left
hard-luck story
hard-mouthed
hard-nosed
hard-on
hard-packed snow
hard-pressed
hard-sell
hard-set
hard-shell
hard-shell clam
hard-spun
hard-up
hard-wearing
hard-wired
hard-won
hard-working

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARD-SHELL CRAB

Boston crab
catch a crab
common crab
crab
dressed crab
edible crab
fiddler crab
hermit crab
horseshoe crab
king crab
land crab
mud crab
oyster crab
pea crab
robber crab
sand crab
snow crab
soft-shell crab
soldier crab
spider crab
swimming crab

Synonyms and antonyms of hard-shell crab in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hard-shell crab» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARD-SHELL CRAB

Find out the translation of hard-shell crab to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hard-shell crab from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hard-shell crab» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硬壳蟹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cangrejo de cáscara dura
570 millions of speakers

English

hard-shell crab
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अविचल केकड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يصعب قذيفة السلطعون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трудно оболочки краба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caranguejo de casca dura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হার্ড শেল কাঁকড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dur crabe à carapace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepiting kulit keras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hard- Shell Crab
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハードシェルクラブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하드 쉘 크랩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hard-shell crab
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cua vỏ cứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடின ஷெல் நண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्ड-शेल केकडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sert kabuklu yengeç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hard- shell crab
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hard -shell crab
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важко оболонки краба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu coajă tare crab
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καβούρι σκληρό κέλυφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

harde dop krap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hårt skal krabba
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hard- shell krabbe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hard-shell crab

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD-SHELL CRAB»

The term «hard-shell crab» is normally little used and occupies the 126.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD-SHELL CRAB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hard-shell crab

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD-SHELL CRAB»

Discover the use of hard-shell crab in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hard-shell crab and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Health Care Food Service Systems Management
At different seasons, they are the eastern hard-shell crab and the soft- shell crab. Soft-shell crabs are molting blue crabs taken just after they have shed their hard shells and before new shells are formed. Dungeness crabs weigh VA to 3'A lb, ...
Catherine F. Sullivan, Courtney Atlas, 1998
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National Hard Crab Derby
With the help of Times editorial assistant Charles "Mac" McClenahan, he published the editorial "Let's Have a Hard Shell Crab Derby for Crisfield." Proposing the idea as a take-off on the Kentucky Derby to help promote the city's reputation as ...
Jason Rhodes, 2006
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JOC All New Rev. - 1997
Cleaning a soft—shell crab Cleaning a hard-shell crab Shucking a clam Shucking an oyster. Blue crab Blue Crab: The ubiquitous crab of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, these appear essentially in three forms: whole, most frequently sold live; ...
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, 1997
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
... or quahog (WNNCD: 1796); the hard-shell clam (WNNCD: 1799); the soft-shell crab, i.e., one that has recently shed its shell (WNNCD: 1805); and the hard-shell crab (WNNCD: 1902). The first metaphorical use of these modifiers, however, ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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The la Trappe Creek Chronicles: A Log of Adventures... . . ...
It turned out to be an all blue crab day; fried soft shell crab for lunch and steamed hard shell crab for dinner. We sailed northeast crossing the Bay into the Choptank River. We reached further eastward, landing at Oxford. Oxford was founded in ...
Ethan Welch, 2008
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New Southern Cooking
Only If) to l 5 percent of the hard-shell crab is edible, so the cleaning of it is truly a labor of love. The crabs must first be cooked to remove the meat. (See page l 2| for cooking directions.) To eat, twist off the claws and legs where they are ...
Nathalie Dupree, 2012
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Betty Crocker Cookbook
Boiled Hard-Shell Blue Crabs ❚❚ LOW-FAT PREP: 20 min COOK: 10 min per batch □ 4 SERVINGS Blue crab is the most familiar hard-shell crab. It is usually four to six inches in diameter and often has red claw tips. 4 quarts water 16 live ...
Betty Crocker, 2007
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MotorBoating
There is no such thing as a “hard-shell crab” as distinct from a “soft-shell crab." A soft-shell crab is merely a blue crab that hasn't had a chance to complete the process by which he gets a new hard shell after moulting. It can take a few hours for ...
9
Cruising World
... 3) which you just scrape out with your finger and discard. Don't worry if you don 't get it all, remember in a restaurant you'd be eating the whole thing anyway. That's it, now hand it to the chef. You can catch hard shell crab in a variety of ways.
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Fish: 55 Seafood Feasts
Atlantic, Australia Other market names: gulf stone crab, Florida stone crab, spanner crab, frog crab, Alaskan king crab, red king crab, hard—shell crab, soft— shell crab, com— mercial crab, market crab, San Francisco crab, Atlantic Dungeness ...
Cree LeFavour, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD-SHELL CRAB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hard-shell crab is used in the context of the following news items.
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NRP warns crabbers to follow rules
Cantler wants to see the crab population flourish in Maryland, so he makes it a rule that if a hard-shell crab is less than 5 inches wide, it goes ... «WBAL Baltimore, Jun 15»
2
Flavor up your week with these 5 food events: Crabs, hoagies, BBQ
From 6 to 8:30 p.m., the restaurant will offer an all-you-can-eat crab boil featuring hard-shell crab, corn on the cob, potatoes, and bread. «Philly.com, Jun 15»
3
Fresh fish at the table is coastal Delaware tradition
For example, hard-shell crab often is imported from Louisiana or other southern states during cold weather months. Plus, more and more ... «The News Journal, May 15»
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From the archives: Crab industry, and crab sheds for soft-shell ones …
They have the market to themselves. "It's a very valuable industry, because a soft-shell crab is worth many times more than one hard-shell crab. «The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, Sep 14»
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Shore Dining, Part 2: Fine fare, dandy delights on the south end
... of classic seashore cooking, especially a $28 all-you-can-eat hard-shell crab feast on the Crab House's wide deck overlooking the marina. «Philly.com, Jul 14»
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Rising Seas 2: Former seafood capital Crisfield struggles to survive
Crisfield sustained itself by switching to hard-shell, crab-meat production and ... But the pollution also hurt the hard-shell crab industry, as did ... «MarylandReporter.com, Jul 13»
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Rising seas, sinking land put Maryland's waterfront communities at risk
But the pollution also hurt the hard-shell crab industry, as did regulations and competition from Asian markets, he said. So the city shifted to ... «WTOP, Jun 13»
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Eatings from Asbury Park: Spend Labor Day at the burgeoning …
They also offer a hard-shell crab boil, brunch and homemade pasta, mozzarella and ricotta — all at moderate prices. Open one year, it's ... «The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, Aug 12»
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Crab shortage hits just as the big holiday approaches
Crabs hit the soft-shell market once they have a carapace of 3.25 inches, while the minimum size for the hard-shell crab market is 5 inches, ... «USA TODAY, Jun 12»
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Best of 2011: The year in review
We started our meal with a cold, hard-shell crab, full of roe, served with lettuce and something like thousand-island dressing. We could have ... «New York Post, Dec 11»

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