Thesaurus: cockle

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. 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. n. A cockleshell.
3. n. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
4. n. The fire chamber of a furnace.
5. n. A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
6. n. The dome of a heating furnace.
7. v. t. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
8. n. A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
9. n. The Lotium, or darnel.
10. n. common edible European bivalve
11. n. common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
12. v. stir up (water) so as to form ripples