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Cockle Very Common

Cockle has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

common edible European bivalve

2

common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs

3

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

4

Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).

5

A £10 note; a tenner.

Verb
1

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

2

to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

"She puckered her lips"

3

To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shellfish bivalve flow wrinkle
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
edible cockle
Rhyming Words
eckle ickle inkle dekle rickle fuckle turkle hinkle fickle pickle jeckle kinkle nickle winkle runkle mickle cankle finkle muckle tickle
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