she-crab soup

noun

A rich soup, similar to bisque, made of milk or heavy cream, crab or fish stock, Atlantic blue crab meat, and (traditionally) crab roe, with a dash of dry sherry.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounshe-crab soup (countable and uncountable, plural she-crab soups)

plural she-crab soups

  1. countableuncountableA rich soup, similar to bisque, made of milk or heavy cream, crab or fish stock, Atlantic blue crab meat, and (traditionally) crab roe, with a dash of dry sherry.

Origin

So called because the roe is carried by the female crab.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

she-crab soup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-crab%20soup

MLA

“she-crab soup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-crab%20soup. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “she-crab soup,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-crab%20soup.

Source: she-crab soup on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.