prawn

[US]/prɔːn/
[UK]/prɔn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. prawn; a type of shellfish often used in cooking
v. to catch prawns; to gather prawns

Phrases & Collocations

fried prawn

grilled prawn

prawn cocktail

garlic prawns

prawn stir-fry

butterflied prawns

tempura prawns

prawn dumplings

prawn cracker

king prawn

Example Sentences

his weakness for prawn cocktails.

Yesterday we ate prawn dish for lunch.

Prawn sarcoplasm into scallops and fry until golden and remove.

prawn and garlic vol-au-vents and sundry other delicacies.

These two bases are mainly for white prawns, red fish, jewfish and Nile perch.

Serving &Food Match Suggestion: Essentially a fine-food wine, with caviar, snails, carpaccio, paté, crayfish (Cape rock lobster), prawns, langoustine, mussels, perlemoen (abalone) and creamy cheese.

Real-world Examples

I didn't pick that prawn, thanks Kush!

Source: Gourmet Base

It's a big flipping prawn. - That's a massive shrimp.

Source: Gourmet Base

I'm not gonna lie to you, Baz, it's a big old prawn.

Source: Gourmet Base

Yes, I will start with the carpaccio, and then I'll have the grilled prawns.

Source: Friends Season 2

Chuck another prawn on the barbie.

Source: Emma's delicious English

You know how you used to hang the prawn over the side of the glass?

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

We've used the other heads from the prawn to cook down into a prawn head sauce.

Source: Gourmet Base

So much smoke and so much prawn. - So much prawn.

Source: Gourmet Base

Chow mein, sizzling garlic prawns, egg foo young.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

I thought that would go well with the prawn.

Source: Gourmet Base

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