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cockle
(kɒkəl)
Word forms: plural cockles
countable noun [usually plural]
Cockles are small edible shellfish.
cockle in British English 1
(ˈkɒkəl)
noun
1.
any sand-burrowing bivalve mollusc of the family Cardiidae, esp Cardium edule (edible cockle) of Europe, typically having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
2.
any of certain similar or related molluscs
3. short for cockleshell (sense 1)
4.
a wrinkle or puckering, as in cloth or paper
5.
a small furnace or stove
6. cockles of one's heart
verb
7.
to contract or cause to contract into wrinkles
Word origin
C14: from Old French coquille shell, from Latin conchӯlium shellfish, from Greek konkhulion, diminutive of konkhule mussel; see conchcockle in British English 2
(ˈkɒkəl)
noun
any of several plants, esp the corn cockle, that grow as weeds in cornfields
cockle in American English 1
(ˈkɑkəl)
noun
1.
any of a family (Cardiidae) of edible, marine bivalve mollusks with two heart-shaped, radially ridged shells
2.
a cockleshell
3.
a wrinkle; pucker
verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcockled or ˈcockling
4.
to wrinkle; pucker
Idioms:
warm the cockles of someone's heart
Word origin
ME cokel < OFr coquille, a blister, shell, cockle, altered (infl. by coq, cock1) < L conchylium < Gr konchylion, shellfish < konchē: see conchcockle in American English 2
(ˈkɑkəl)
noun
any of various weeds that grow in grainfields, as the corn cockle
Word origin
ME cokkel < OE coccel, darnel, taresImage ofcockle
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