Clamshell

Quick meaning: Clamshell is a noun meaning The shell of a clam.

Meaning

The shell of a clam.

More Meanings

1. (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
2. (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
3. To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
4. To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
5. (ambitransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.
6. Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.

Example Sentences

The sludge will be clamshelled and landfilled, or recycled to melting operations.

Sludges produced at C must be periodically clamshelled out & transferred to controlled landfill.

First the contractor clamshelled the silty material into two parallel dikes which are 200 feet apart.

However, this solution is more susceptible to clamshelling, as the land length is particularly large at the centre.

Word Forms

• clamshells
• clamshelling
• clamshelled

Synonyms for clamshell

Depending on context, synonyms include grapple.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grapple, buckets, crabshell, snailshell, cockleshell, clam.

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