- USA Today Crossword
- February 21 2025
- Word before apple or cake
Word before apple or cake
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| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | CRAB | Word before apple or cake | USA Today |
Definition
| • | 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. |
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