Clamnoun
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
Scallopnoun
Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming.
Clamnoun
Strong pincers or forceps.
Scallopnoun
One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell.
Clamnoun
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Scallopnoun
A fillet of meat, escalope.
Clamnoun
A dollar (usually used in the plural).
âThose sneakers cost me fifty clams!â;
Scallopnoun
A form of fried potato.
Clamnoun
A Scientologist.
Scallopnoun
A dish shaped like a scallop shell.
Clamnoun
(slang) A vagina.
Scallopverb
To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
Clamnoun
(informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
Scallopverb
(transitive) To make or cook scallops
Clamnoun
clamminess; moisture
Scallopverb
(transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
Clamverb
To dig for clams.
Scallopverb
(intransitive) To harvest scallops
Clamverb
To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Scallopnoun
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidæ. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobæus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2.
Clamverb
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
Scallopnoun
One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.
Clamverb
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
Scallopnoun
One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.
Clamadjective
clammy.
Scallopverb
To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2.
Clamnoun
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
âYou shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure.â; âClams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a cockle; it lieth under the sand.â;
Scallopverb
To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.
Clamnoun
Strong pinchers or forceps.
Scallopnoun
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
Clamnoun
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Scallopnoun
edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
Clamnoun
Claminess; moisture.
Scallopnoun
thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
Clamnoun
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
Scallopnoun
edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
Clamverb
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
âA swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again.â;
Scallopverb
decorate an edge with scallops;
âthe dress had a scalloped skirtâ;
Clamverb
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
Scallopverb
form scallops in;
âscallop the meatâ;
Clamverb
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Scallopverb
fish for scallops
Clamnoun
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
Scallopverb
shape or cut in scallops;
âscallop the hem of the dressâ;
Clamnoun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Scallopnoun
an edible bivalve mollusc with a ribbed fan-shaped shell. Scallops swim by rapidly opening and closing the shell valves.
Clamnoun
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
Scallopnoun
short for scallop shell
Clamverb
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
Scallopnoun
a small pan or dish shaped like a scallop shell and used for baking or serving food.
Clamnoun
a marine bivalve mollusc with shells of equal size.
Scallopnoun
each of a series of convex rounded projections forming an ornamental edging cut in material or worked in lace or knitting in imitation of the edge of a scallop shell
âan intricate design of vees and scallopsâ; âthe tablecloth has a scallop edgeâ;
Clamnoun
any of a number of edible bivalve molluscs, e.g. a scallop.
Scallopnoun
another term for escalope
Clamnoun
a dollar.
Scallopverb
ornament (an edge or material) with scallops
âthe beaded lace overlay scalloped the neckline of the dressâ;
Clamverb
dig for or collect clams
âNovember is one of the worst times for clammingâ;
Scallopverb
cut, shape, or arrange in the form of a scallop shell
âthe spaces between the frets are scalloped out to form concavitiesâ;
Clamverb
abruptly stop talking
âas soon as I ask if any of this can go on the record, he clams upâ;
Scallopverb
gather or dredge for scallops
âin fall and early winter they went scallopingâ;
Clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds.
Scallopverb
bake with milk or a sauce
âthe potatoes were scalloped with green peppers, onions, and herbsâ;
Scallop
Scallop () is a common name that is primarily applied to any one of numerous species of saltwater clams or marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.
âscallopâ;