imitation crab

noun

A processed seafood product designed to look, taste, and feel like real crab meat, containing no actual crab meat (or only a trace amount for flavor); primarily made of surimi (a pulverized white fish paste blended with starch, egg whites, sugar, and crab flavoring).

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Meanings

nounimitation crab (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA processed seafood product designed to look, taste, and feel like real crab meat, containing no actual crab meat (or only a trace amount for flavor); primarily made of surimi (a pulverized white fish paste blended with starch, egg whites, sugar, and crab flavoring).
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imitation crab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitation%20crab.

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