crab cake

plural crab cakes · alternative crabcake

1. countableuncountableA type of fishcake popular in the United States composed of crab meat and various other ingredients such as bread crumbs, milk, mayonnaise, eggs and seasonings.

   I'm cooking crab cakes with arugula and mayonnaise, griddled lamb with rosemary potatoes and buttered spinach, then a trio of desserts.

   2015, Kate Hardy, Bachelor at Her Bidding

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   “I have to say, without pause, it was one of the most profound, important days of my life,” Ms. Witherspoon told the Bagger in October at a fancy New York restaurant, between sips of cappuccino and bites of crab cake.

   2014 December 1, Cara Buckley, “Reese Witherspoon’s Personal ‘Wild’ Audience”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2014