noun
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a picnic, often by the sea, at which clams, etc, are baked
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an informal party
Etymology
Origin of clambake
Example Sentences
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Hopefully you already know about this nutty clambake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Hundreds of years before Europeans arrived on New England shores, Native Americans created the clambake by digging pits in the sand to steam them with lobster.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
One group will play in the PGA Tour’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a tournament that started as a clambake hosted by the crooner Bing Crosby.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
Headlining a Rockingham County Democrats annual clambake, she zeroed in on the state’s soaring student loan debt.
From Fox News ● May 22, 2019
We tried to stock that pond with oysters once, and Ridge and I printed invitations for a clambake on our handpress, on the strength of them, but it was a dreadful waste of money.
From While Caroline Was Growing by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
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