Word Meaning

Meaning of "crab" and the crossword clue

- A shellfish
- Crustacean
- Crustacean contributes to Scrabble
- Crustacean type
- Sign of Cancer
- Somewhat execrable beach dweller
- Stalk-eyed decapod
- Zodiac symbol
- Zodiac symbol found on apple
- One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.
- The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
- A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- To make sour or morose; to embitter.
- To beat with a crabstick.
- To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
- Sour; rough; austere.