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1. (n.) cockle
any bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae having heart-shaped, usu. radially ribbed valves.
2. cockle
a wrinkle or pucker, esp. in fabric.
3. (v.i.) cockle
to wrinkle or pucker.
4. (n.) cockle
any of various weeds of grain fields, as the darnel.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE coccel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cockle
common edible European bivalve
2. (verb) cockle
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
3. (verb) ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
4. (verb) pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
"She puckered her lips"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cockle
a bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera
2. (noun) cockle
a cockleshell
3. (noun) cockle
the mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners
4. (noun) cockle
the fire chamber of a furnace
5. (noun) cockle
a hop-drying kiln; an oast
6. (noun) cockle
the dome of a heating furnace
7. (noun) cockle
a plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage)
8. (noun) cockle
the Lotium, or darnel
9. (verb) cockle
to cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting
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