devein

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

Definition of devein

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
    “The drawers of her recently remodeled kitchen in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, are so full she is now stuffing a hall closet with gadgets, among them a shrimp deveining knife and a marinade injector.”

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Etymology

From de- + vein.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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