Meaning

The shell of a clam..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.

Although it produces a nonuniform pressure drop across the die and thus causes nonuniform flow through the die lip, the distribution of the melt does not produce die distortion of ^([sic]) clamshelling.

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

The additional handling that it would get by the canal would be: One dumping from the pockets into the canal barge, one clamshelling out of the canal barge, and one dumping onto the dock.

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

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.

Denser, more consolidated materials discharged at the disposal site, excavated by mechanical means (ie., clamshelled) descends more rapidly to the bottom and deposits at a density near to the in situ density at the dredging site (SAIC, 1987a/b).

Word Forms

• clamshells
• clamshelling
• clamshelled

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