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Defenition of the word cockle

    • Defenition of the word cockle

      • Common name for bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae. Their rounded shells are symmetrical, heart-shaped and feature strongly pronounced ribs.
      • common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
      • common edible European bivalve
      • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips," "This material drew after having been washed in hot water"
      • stir up (water) so as to form ripples
      • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
      • common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
      • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

    Synonyms for the word cockle

      • crumple
      • draw
      • knit
      • pucker
      • riffle
      • ripple
      • ruffle
      • rumple
      • undulate

    Meronymys for the word cockle

      • Cardium
      • Cardium edule
      • edible cockle
      • genus Cardium

    Hyponyms for the word cockle

      • Cardium edule
      • edible cockle

    Hypernyms for the word cockle

      • bivalve
      • crease
      • crinkle
      • crisp
      • flow
      • flux
      • lamellibranch
      • pelecypod
      • ruckle
      • scrunch
      • scrunch up
      • shellfish
      • wrinkle

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