prawn
prawn
Definition
prawn (prôn)
noun
a large shrimp or other similar crustacean
Etymology: ME prane < ?
intransitive verb
to fish for prawns
prawn′er noun
prawn
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- peel: Peel the prawns, leaving the last tail segment in place.
- cook: If using cooked prawns, they will only require 1 minute.
Preposition: with
- chili: Grilled prawns with red chili, salt and fresh lime juice.
Adjective modifier
- grilled: For my first meal I orders a grilled Seer Fish steak and my Wife grilled prawns.
- jumbo: Alongside this were a couple of well-named jumbo prawns.
- succulent: Favorites include succulent prawns fried in good olive oil with chili & garlic, & delicious grilled polenta topped with lightly fried wild mushrooms.
- juicy: The satay was made from huge juicy tiger prawns covered with the nice bit that distinguishes a good prawn toast from a dry one.
- frozen: Stir in the frozen Chinese vegetables and return the mixture to the boil, then add the frozen prawns.
Modifies a noun
- cracker: Over our prawn crackers, the topic of Google's censorship in China came up.
- tempura: This recipe is also included in Easy Sushi but here I substitute fish fingers for the prawn tempura suggested in the book.
- cocktail: Anyway, today I had some prawn cocktail crisps which were nice.
- dumpling: For starters I had the pork and prawn dumplings and my friend had spring rolls.
- sandwich: Everyone else said chocolate or chips or prawn sandwich, me - just cheese!
- kebab: For the barbecue market it offers tiger prawn kebabs, each pack consisting of ten prawns threaded onto two sticks.
Noun used with modifier
- tiger: For the barbecue market it offers tiger prawn kebabs, each pack consisting of ten prawns threaded onto two sticks.
- tempura: To improve your wellbeing sauce tempura prawns there are five all calls are.
- king: Menu S: grilled goat's cheese salad; king prawns in garlic butter.
- sesame: Specialists in Peking and Cantonese cuisine - their aromatic crispy duck is fabulous, as is their sesame prawn toast.
- freshwater: This paper deals with the anatomy and histology of the male reproductive system of the freshwater prawn.
- garlic: The other part of this trio of starters is simple a garlic prawn salad.
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