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cockle
1[ kok-uhl ]
noun
- any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, especially C. edule, the common edible species of Europe.
- any of various allied or similar mollusks.
a cockle in fabric.
- a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto.
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
- to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple:
The wind cockled the water.
cockle
2[ kok-uhl ]
noun
- a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne.
cockle
1/ ˈkɒkəl /
noun
- any sand-burrowing bivalve mollusc of the family Cardiidae, esp Cardium edule ( edible cockle ) of Europe, typically having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
- any of certain similar or related molluscs
- short for cockleshell
- a wrinkle or puckering, as in cloth or paper
- a small furnace or stove
- cockles of one's heartone's deepest feelings (esp in the phrase warm the cockles of one's heart )
verb
- to contract or cause to contract into wrinkles
cockle
2/ ˈkɒkəl /
noun
- any of several plants, esp the corn cockle, that grow as weeds in cornfields
Word History and Origins
Origin of cockle1
Origin of cockle2
Word History and Origins
Origin of cockle1
Idioms and Phrases
- cockles of one's heart, the depths of one's emotions or feelings:
The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart.
Example Sentences
A collection of fossilized cockle shells, each with a natural hole in the top, perfect for stringing into a necklace “or some other intention,” was found fused into the floor of a cave overlooking Cartagena Harbor in Spain.
We naturally wish to identify all the national dishes; so, "Is this cockle soup, Susanna?"
They loved to bind his forehead with the cockle shells that decked their own tresses.
But in Shakespeare's time Darnel, like Cockle (which see), was the general name for any hurtful weed.
It was the wildest and coldest season of the year, and the vessels in which the attempt was to be made were mere cockle-shells.
Twelve cockle-shells and a halfpenny china figure were ranged solemnly along the mantel-shelf.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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