"krang" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹæŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-krang.wav [Southern-England] Forms: krangs [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch kreng (“a carcass”), from Middle Dutch crenge (“carrion, carcass”), compare with Old English crinċġan (“to fall, yield, cringe”). Cognate with Danish kreng (“a carcass”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|kreng||a carcass}} Dutch kreng (“a carcass”), {{der|en|dum|crenge||carrion, carcass}} Middle Dutch crenge (“carrion, carcass”), {{cog|ang|crinċġan||to fall, yield, cringe}} Old English crinċġan (“to fall, yield, cringe”), {{cog|da|kreng||a carcass}} Danish kreng (“a carcass”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} krang (plural krangs)
  1. The portions of a whale that remain after the blubber has been removed, especially the flesh and organs.
    Sense id: en-krang-en-noun-GLMiaHDS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. (by extension) Anything that remains after flensing (not necessarily from a whale). Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-krang-en-noun-yBaowQ3G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crang, kreng

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