Clambake vs. Hotbox — What's the Difference?

The clambake or clam bake, also known as the New England clambake, is a traditional method of cooking seafood, such as lobster, mussels, crabs, soft-shell clams, and quahogs. The food is traditionally cooked by steaming the ingredients over layers of seaweed in a pit oven.

An axle or journal box, as on a railway car, that has become overheated by excessive friction.

A seashore picnic where clams, fish, corn, and other foods are traditionally baked on heated stones covered with seaweed.

A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.

A dish consisting of clams and other seafood mixed with other ingredients, especially corn and potatoes, and then boiled or steamed in a large pot.

An oven.

(Informal) A noisy or lively party or gathering.

(engineering) An overheated shaft bearing.

(New England) An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.

(rail) An overheated axle box, bearing and bearing enclosure.

An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.

A room or compartment that is kept artificially warm for some purpose.

A meeting of predominantly females.

A cold frame

(figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.

A box for hot composting.

To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.

An incubator.

To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.

A room or house that becomes unbearably hot inside when the weather is hot.

The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.

A small, hot, enclosure, used as a punishment for slaves or prisoners.

A cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed

A furnace or heat source for a building.

A small, airtight space where people smoke marijuana in order to intensify the high.

A gas manifold that diverts hot gasses into a heat exchanger.

A soundproof box used to hold a camera in order to prevent the sound of its operation interfering with the recording of a film.

A storage container for personal belongings of employees who are hot desking.

A location where controversial ideas are discussed or practiced.

(slang) A sexy woman.

(GUI) A context-sensitive dialog that duplicates many of the commands on the menu for users of the Maya Embedded Language.

(slang) To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby intensifying the drug's effects.

(slang) To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle.

(slang) To smoke a cigarette vigorously and rapidly.

A journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated