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For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don't go for any of those rolls. I'll have raw prawn or sea urchin or octopus. I love it.
Junior Seau

Meaning of "prawn" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRAWN

Of obscure origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRAWN

prawn  [prɔːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRAWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prawn 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.

WHAT DOES PRAWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prawn

Prawn

Prawn is a common name, used particularly in Britain and Commonwealth nations, for large swimming crustaceans or shrimp, especially those with commercial significance in the seafood industry. Shrimp that fall in this category often belong to the suborder Dendrobranchiata. In North America, the term is used less frequently, typically for freshwater shrimp. In the United Kingdom prawn is more common on menus than shrimp, while the opposite is the case in the United States. The term prawn also loosely describes any large shrimp, especially those that come 15 to the pound.

Definition of prawn in the English dictionary

The definition of prawn in the dictionary is any of various small edible marine decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc, having a slender flattened body with a long tail and two pairs of pincers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRAWN


airdrawn
ˈɛəˌdrɔːn
Bon
bɔːn
born
bɔːn
brawn
brɔːn
corn
kɔːn
dawn
dɔːn
drawn
drɔːn
horn
hɔːn
horse-drawn
ˈhɔːsˌdrɔːn
indrawn
ˌɪnˈdrɔːn
lawn
lɔːn
newborn
ˈnjuːˌbɔːn
overdrawn
ˌəʊvəˈdrɔːn
porn
pɔːn
raun
rɔːn
thrawn
θrɔːn
torn
tɔːn
wiredrawn
ˈwaɪəˌdrɔːn
withdrawn
wɪðˈdrɔːn
worn
wɔːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRAWN

pratt
prattle
prattlebox
prattlement
prattler
prattlingly
prau
pravity
prawle
prawn cocktail
prawn cracker
prawn-sandwich
prawn-sandwich brigade
prawner
praxeological
praxeology
praxes
praxinoscope
praxis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRAWN

at daggers drawn
banana prawn
cold-drawn
come the raw prawn
Dublin Bay prawn
fine-drawn
king prawn
redrawn
school prawn
the battle lines are drawn
tiger prawn

Synonyms and antonyms of prawn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prawn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRAWN

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gamba
570 millions of speakers

English

prawn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झींगा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَمْبَرِي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

креветка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

camarão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিংড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crevette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Udang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Garnele
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クルマエビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

참새우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con tôm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळंबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyük karides
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gambero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krewetka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

креветка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crevete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γαρίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

garnaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

räka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

(stor) reke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prawn

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRAWN»

The term «prawn» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.743 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRAWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prawn

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QUOTES WITH «PRAWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prawn.
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Junior Seau
For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don't go for any of those rolls. I'll have raw prawn or sea urchin or octopus. I love it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRAWN»

Discover the use of prawn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prawn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Freshwater Prawn Culture: The Farming of Macrobrachium ...
Copies of the book should be available on the shelves of all libraries in research establishments and universities where aquaculture and fisheries are studied and taught.
Michael Bernard New, Valenti, 2008
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Don't Come the Raw Prawn!: The Aussie Phrase Book
Starve the lizards, it's London to a brick that you'll be cracking yourself when you find out what getting off at Redfern means. Books like this are as rare as rocking horse poop and it's no good arguing the toss about that.
John Blackman, 2012
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It's Hard Out Here For a Shrimp: Life, Love & Living Large
Served up hot, fresh, and filled with wit, pith, and a dash of salsa--this is Pepe's guide to life, love, and livin' large. Pepe is a prawn for our time, guaranteed to make your life lively, hot, and very, very spicy!
Pepe the King Prawn,, Kermit the Frog,, 2008
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Farming Freshwater Prawns: A Manual for the Culture of the ...
THE NATURAL HOME OF FRESHWATER PRAWNS (DISTRIBUTION) Species of the freshwater prawn genus Macrobrachium are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones of the world. Holthuis (1980) provides useful ...
Michael B. New, 2002
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Brackish water prawn culture
Study relates to the culture and fisheries of Penaeus monodon and Penaeus indicus on the Orissa coast of India, with reference to the Chilka lagoon.
Madhab C. Dash, Prabhat Nalini Patnaik, 1994
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Biology Hatchery and Culture Technology of Tiger Prawn and ...
Hatchery, culture technique and diseases of the prawn are described in detail. This edition deals exclusively wtih the design and construction of the rearing ponds, management practices and feeding strategies.
Chiranjib Chakraborty, Chiranjib & A K Sadhu, 2000
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Prawns and prawn fisheries of India
In Indian context.
C. V. Kurian, V. O. Sebastian, V. N. Pillai, 1993
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Ruby Best Practices
Gregory T Brown. #<Prawn::Document:0x12cf17c ...
Gregory T Brown, 2009
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Freshwater Prawns: Biology and Farming
Each treatment had two replicate ponds, and the mean initial weights of prawn, catla, rohu and silver carp were 1.1± 0.02, 8.28±0.1, 25.2± 1.1 and 36.32± 1.2 g, re- spectively. Feed conversion ratios ranged from 2.05:1 to 2.20:1, prawn survival ...
Michael Bernard New, Valenti, James H. Tidwell, 2009
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The Calorie< Carb & Fat Bible 2007: The UK's Most ...
... 4.7 Pork, & Applesauce, Bells* 1 Pack/179.5g 340 190 11.5 26.1 4.5 0.0 Prawn , & Citrus Mango, Healthy Options, Oldfields* 1 Pack/220g 275 125 9.0 18.5 1.8 0.0 Prawn, & Coriander, M & S* 1 Serving/213g 575 270 9.5 20.6 16.6 3.7 Prawn,  ...
Juliette Kellow, Rebecca Walton, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRAWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prawn is used in the context of the following news items.
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Australia fast-tracks $1 billion prawn farm to boost food exports
Australia has fast-tracked the building of prawn farm that is expected to dramatically boost the country's prawn output, as part of a growing focus ... «AG Week, Jul 15»
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Recipe: Prawn laksa
1. Put half the spring onions, the lime zest, half the lime juice, the ginger, half the chilli, the garlic, the coriander stalks, the fish sauce and a ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Recipe: Squid ink prawn fritters with asparagus & fennel aioli
Andalusian fritters are made with chickpea flour and prawns and are deep-fried. My interpretation has squid ink added to the batter for the rich, ... «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
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How that cheap prawn sandwich of yours is ruining Sri Lanka's coasts
The industry now has a farm-gate value of $10 billion per year globally and the prawn in your sandwich is much more likely to have come from ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
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Prawn solution prevents spread of deadly disease
Freshwater prawns may by the solution to stopping the spread of a deadly disease in Senegal, West Africa, according to a Stanford-led study. «World Fishing, Jul 15»
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Recipe: Prawn tostada bowl
As an alternative to the tostada, you could make burritos by heating the tortillas and dividing the ingredients among them, folding both sides in ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Freshwater prawn helps battle deadly disease
Local communities could be incentivized to maintain prawn populations in order to market them as a food product, the researchers noted. «FIS, Jul 15»
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Bangkok Prawn Salad Recipe
Bangkok is famous for its salads and prawns. Bangkok prawn recipe has a unique and an exotic taste. After having bangkok prawn recipe, you ... «BoldSky, Jul 15»
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Sino Agro Food Updates Progress at Prawn Farm 2 Production …
In late first quarter 2015, Prawn Farm 2 ("PF2") began to meet targeted daily sales of five million Giant River Prawn ("GRP", genus species ... «Virtual Press Office, Jul 15»
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Video: Summer fresh Asian prawn salad
... air filling our lungs, we're all looking for that perfectly light recipe to freshen our plates. This heavenly Asian prawn salad will do just the job. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

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