Cockle

Quick meaning: Cockle is a noun meaning Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

Meaning

Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

More Meanings

1. The shell of such a mollusk.
2. (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
3. (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
4. (figurative, in the plural) Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
5. The dome of a heating furnace.
6. The fire chamber of a furnace.
7. A kiln for drying hops; an oast.

Example Sentences

Israel Wilde arrived last, his ankle swollen and already berry-blue after cockling at the top of Hatherself Scout.

But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.

His wife, a small woman who walked always on high heels, borrowed Gerhardie's primus stove several times a day to cook her husband gargantuan meals of cockles, mussels, snails, and other such unpalatables.

Word Forms

• cockles
• cockling
• cockled

Synonyms for cockle

Depending on context, synonyms include darnel, draw, undulate, ruffle, ripple, riffle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ruffle, knit, riffle, crumple, pucker, ripple.

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