Clam vs. Cockle

Clamnoun

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Clamnoun

Strong pincers or forceps.

Clamnoun

A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Clamnoun

A dollar (usually used in the plural).

Clamnoun

A Scientologist.

Clamnoun

(slang) A vagina.

Clamnoun

(informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.

Clamnoun

clamminess; moisture

Clamverb

To dig for clams.

Clamverb

To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

Clamverb

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

Clamverb

To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

Clamadjective

clammy.

Clamnoun

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Clamnoun

Strong pinchers or forceps.

Clamnoun

A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Clamnoun

Claminess; moisture.

Clamnoun

A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.

Clamverb

To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

Clamverb

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

Clamverb

To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

Clamnoun

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud

Clamnoun

a piece of paper money worth one dollar

Clamnoun

flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

Clamverb

gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

Clamnoun

a marine bivalve mollusc with shells of equal size.

Clamnoun

any of a number of edible bivalve molluscs, e.g. a scallop.

Clamnoun

a dollar.

Clamverb

dig for or collect clams

Clamverb

abruptly stop talking

Clam

Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds.

Cocklenoun

Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

Cocklenoun

The shell of such a mollusk.

Cocklenoun

(in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).

Cocklenoun

(directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker

Cocklenoun

(by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep

Cocklenoun

The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.

Cocklenoun

(UK) The fire chamber of a furnace.

Cocklenoun

(UK) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.

Cocklenoun

(UK) The dome of a heating furnace.

Cocklenoun

Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, Agrostemma githago, and Lolium temulentum.

Cockleverb

To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Cocklenoun

A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially Cardium edule, used in Europe for food; - sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.

Cocklenoun

A cockleshell.

Cocklenoun

The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; - so called by the Cornish miners.

Cocklenoun

The fire chamber of a furnace.

Cocklenoun

A hop-drying kiln; an oast.

Cocklenoun

The dome of a heating furnace.

Cocklenoun

A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).

Cockleverb

To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.

Cocklenoun

common edible European bivalve

Cocklenoun

common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs

Cockleverb

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Cockleverb

to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;

Cocklenoun

an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell.

Cocklenoun

a small, shallow boat.

Cockleverb

(of paper) form wrinkles or puckers