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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cock•le1 /ˈkɑkəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesa shellfish with two connected heart-shaped shells.
- Invertebrates cockleshell (defs. 1, 2).
Idioms- Idioms cockles of one's heart, the place of one's deepest feelings:The happy story warmed the cockles of my heart.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cock•le1 (kok′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -led, -ling. n. - Invertebratesany bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe.
- Invertebratesany of various allied or similar mollusks.
- Invertebratescockleshell (defs. 1, 2).
- a wrinkle;
pucker:a cockle in fabric. - a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto.
- Idioms cockles of one's heart, the depths of one's emotions or feelings:The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart.
v.i. - to contract into wrinkles;
pucker:This paper cockles easily. - to rise in short, irregular waves;
ripple:The waves cockled along the shore.
v.t. - to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple:The wind cockled the water.
- Vulgar Latin *coccus for Latin concha conch
- Greek konchý̄lion, equivalent. to konchý̄l(ē) mussel + -ion diminutive suffix; compare Old English -cocc, in sǣ-cocc literally, sea-cockle
- Vulgar Latin *cocchīlia, Latin conchylia, plural of conchȳlium
- Middle French coqille
- Middle English cokille 1350–1400
- a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English coccel
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cockle /ˈkɒkəl/ n - 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
- cockles of one's heart ⇒ one's deepest feelings (esp in the phrase warm the cockles of one's heart)
vb - to contract or cause to contract into wrinkles
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French coquille shell, from Latin conchӯlium shellfish, from Greek konkhulion, diminutive of konkhule mussel; see conch cockle /ˈkɒkəl/ n - any of several plants, esp the corn cockle, that grow as weeds in cornfields
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