Australian English Meaning of clam
clam
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Definitions and Meaning of clam in English
clam (n)
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
clam (v)
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
clam (v. t.)
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.
Strong pinchers or forceps.
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
clam (v. i.)
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
clam (n.)
Claminess; moisture.
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
clam (v. t. & i.)
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
FAQs About the word clam
clam
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness, a piece of paper money worth one dollar, flesh of either hard-shell or
buck,dollar,bone,one,smack,dollar
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clake => clake, clairvoyant => clairvoyant, clairvoyance => clairvoyance, clair-obscur => chiaroscuro, claire => Claire,
