Meanings
nounprawn cocktail (plural prawn cocktails)
plural prawn cocktails
- A salad dish made from cooked, peeled, chilled prawns with a Marie Rose sauce, served on lettuce with lemon.
Synonyms: shrimp cocktail
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA salad dish made from cooked, peeled, chilled prawns with a Marie Rose sauce, served on lettuce with lemon.
Similar
shrimp cocktail
Translations
Danish rejecocktail
- rejecocktailsalad dish made from prawns
French cocktail de crevettes
- cocktail de crevettessalad dish made from prawns
Irish manglam cloicheán
- manglam cloicheánsalad dish made from prawns
Swedish räkcocktail
- räkcocktailsalad dish made from prawns
Cite this entry
APA
prawn cocktail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prawn%20cocktail
MLA
“prawn cocktail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prawn%20cocktail. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prawn cocktail,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prawn%20cocktail.
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