Wondering how to use Prawn in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as shrimp or seafood.
Prawn meaning
- A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
- A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
- Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
Using Prawn
- The main meaning on this page is: A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata. | A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp. | Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
- Useful related words include: shrimp, seafood, decapod crustacean, decapod.
- In the example corpus, prawn often appears in combinations such as: prawn and, and prawn, of prawn.
Context around Prawn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prawn
- In this selection, "prawn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tiger, king, kuruma, crackers, cocktail and fenneropenaeus stand out and add context to how "prawn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tempura prawn wrapped up and after scoffing prawn cocktail breaded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prawn" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and accountancy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prawn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yes, those are prawns in prawn crackers. (7 words)
Do the same with each piece of prawn. (8 words)
Pepe the King Prawn is no ordinary shrimp. (8 words)
Choose from Vaasu menu highlights such as prawn 65 tossed in tomato and crispy garlic sauce; smoked lamb rump with stuffed morel mushroom and rogan jus; seasonal vegetables and mushrooms in peanut korma; and brûlée Simnel cake to finish. (39 words)
It’s not just a collection of recipes, although those are diverting enough: for black pork belly curry and crunchy fried potatoes with turmeric, for coconut dal with kale, prawn curry with tamarind and so much more. (37 words)
Some of the F1 Arcade food menu items include: seabass ceviche, wild mushroom and spring onion croquettes, aged beef tartare, wagyu beef burgers, tiger prawn and baby squid flatbreads, and yellowfin sashimi grade tuna tartare tacos. (36 words)
It won't be long before we see her at the Bernabeu enjoying a prawn sandwich! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
The most important species for aquaculture are Marsupenaeus japonicus (Kuruma prawn), Fenneropenaeus chinensis (Chinese prawn), Penaeus monodon (giant tiger prawn) and Litopenaeus vannamei (whiteleg prawn).
If you prefer to keep things simple, though, scallop and king prawn vol au vents with brown butter and spiced dark rum sauce or tomato prawn and lobster cocktail are great choices to make, too.
Chili Garlic Prawn Potato Gratin with Black Tobiko Caviar Found at Silver Apricot in New York City.
Do the same with each piece of prawn.
It’s not just a collection of recipes, although those are diverting enough: for black pork belly curry and crunchy fried potatoes with turmeric, for coconut dal with kale, prawn curry with tamarind and so much more.
Kipling’s will serve a salmon gravlax, scallops, tiger prawn and beetroot starter, a raspberry and lime sorbet palate cleanser, and a main course of lamb rump with summer vegetables and fondant potato.
Pepe the King Prawn is no ordinary shrimp.
Rod and his wife have since been spotted enjoying a night out with his wife Penny at Devon's The Winking Prawn as he posed for pictures with the owner.
Small Town Milton did a prawns with njuda butter, oregano and lemonRebel Rebel did a prawn with bay leaf butter dish last time I was there, where I just wanted to lick the plate clean.
Some of the F1 Arcade food menu items include: seabass ceviche, wild mushroom and spring onion croquettes, aged beef tartare, wagyu beef burgers, tiger prawn and baby squid flatbreads, and yellowfin sashimi grade tuna tartare tacos.
The ebiten hot roll – a tempura prawn wrapped up in rice with avocado – was also a favourite.
There's crab and prawn cakes and bang bang cawliflower among the starters and for mains the likes of Jambalaya, with chicken and New Zealand mussels, and The Surf And Turf Burger.
Yes, those are prawns in prawn crackers.
You can pre-order their turkey crown, lobster and prawn cocktails.
A couple are believed to have fled The Castle Inn without paying £62.20 after scoffing prawn cocktail, breaded mushrooms and two roast chicken dinners with extra lamb.
Book The Fig for a cosy dinner of delicious small plates, such as cheese souffle tart, £11, and spicy prawn tacos, £11.
But at the end of the day, they were prawn crackers, an item so standard that it is given away free at many Asian restaurants.
Cheese, preferably melted, is lovely on a jacket potato but not prawn cocktail.
Choose from Vaasu menu highlights such as prawn 65 tossed in tomato and crispy garlic sauce; smoked lamb rump with stuffed morel mushroom and rogan jus; seasonal vegetables and mushrooms in peanut korma; and brûlée Simnel cake to finish.
It won't be long before we see her at the Bernabeu enjoying a prawn sandwich!
Common combinations with prawn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- prawn and 6×
- and prawn 6×
- of prawn 5×
- tiger prawn 4×
- king prawn 4×
- prawn crackers 4×
- river prawn 3×
- prawn is 3×
- prawn with 2×
- prawn cocktail 2×