shrimp
/ʃɹɪmp/
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Simple Meaning
a small sea animal with a curved body and a tail, often eaten as food.
When to Use
💬Daily Conversation✈️Travel English
Elementary — simple everyday language
Examples in Conversation
“I ordered grilled shrimp for dinner — it was delicious.”
“Are you allergic to shrimp? The salad has some in it.”
Learning Path
▶Full Definition
Any of many swimming, often edible crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
Related Words
Synonyms:
prawnshellfish
Word Family:
shrimpingshrimper