crab stick

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, 蟳味棒, 蟹柳 Czech: krabí tyčinky Finnish: surimipuikko Indonesian: stik kepiting

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