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What (who) is cockle - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Cockles; Cockle-picking; Cockle (disambiguation)
cockle
cockle1
¦ noun
1. an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell. [Genus Cardium.]
2. (also cockleshell) literary a small shallow boat.
Phrases
warm the cockles of one's heart give one a comforting feeling of contentment.
Derivatives
cockler noun
cockling noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. coquille 'shell', based on Gk konkhulion, from konkhe 'conch'.
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cockle2
¦ verb (of paper) wrinkle or pucker.
Origin
C16: from Fr. coquiller 'blister (bread in cooking)', from coquille (see cockle1).
cockle
(cockles)
Cockles are small edible shellfish.
N-COUNT: usu pl
cockle
v. a.
Wrinkle, pucker, corrugate, gather into folds.
Wikipedia
Cockle
Cockle may refer to:
- Cockle (bivalve), an edible, marine bivalve mollusc
- Lolium temulentum (also cockle), an annual plant of the family Poaceae
- Berwick cockle, a white-coloured sweet with red stripes
- Cockle, a codename for the folding kayaks used in World War II
- Cockles (TV series), a 1984 British television series
- Cockles (as in "warm the cockles of someone's heart"), the ventricles of the heart
Examples of use of cockle
1. The cockle beds are above the water and the water comes round them.
2. She helped him apply for permits and was a translator between him and the cockle–buyers.
3. The cockle bed at Morecambe Bay reopened in December 2003, holding 7 million worth of cockles.
4. While some cockle beds are regulated, Morecambe Bay is open to all.
5. The dangers of the bay have been exacerbated in recent years by Britain‘s flourishing cockle trade, which has taken off as mechanical cockle harvesting has been banned across Europe, leaving the UK as the continent‘s only supplier of cockles.