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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An Indonesian (Javanese) shrimp cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various spices..
Dipped in seething oil, kroepoek cockles like burning pink paper.
They are very hard and flat and, to put it plainly, uninteresting looking until they are deep-fried. Kroepoek is a traditional part of a rice table.
In Indonesia one can find a wide range of kroepoek (the 'oe' spelling betrays the Dutch influence).
Use kroepoek when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kroepoek means An Indonesian (Javanese) shrimp cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various spices..
Common synonyms include prawn cracker, shrimp cracker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Dipped in seething oil, kroepoek cockles like burning pink paper.
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