crab stick

English

crab sticks

Etymology

Shortened form of imitation crab stick, from being a stick of meat that imitates a de-shelled crab leg

Noun

crab stick (plural crab sticks)

1. processed seafood made of surimi (starch and white fish), shaped and cured to resemble the leg meat of crab

Synonyms

• imitation crab stick
• crab surimi stick

Translations

processed seafood

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仿蟹柳

  Mandarin: 蟹肉棒 (xièròubàng), 蟳味棒／𫊻味棒 (xúnwèibàng), 蟹柳 (xièliǔ)

• Czech: krabí tyčinky
• Finnish: surimipuikko
• Indonesian: stik kepiting
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• Japanese: カニカマ
• Korean: 게맛살 (gematsal)
• Russian: крабовые палочки (krabovyje paločki)
• Thai: ปูอัด (bpuu-àt)
• Ukrainian: крабові палички (krabovi palyčky)

See also

• kamaboko