clam¹ /klam/

1. An edible shellfish of various kinds, esp the round clam or quahog (Venus mercenaria) and the long clam (Mya arenaria)
2. A scallop or scallop-shell
3. A very reticent person (informal)

To gather clams

clamˈbake noun

1. A baking of clams on hot stones, with layers of potatoes, fish, sweetcorn, etc, popular at picnic parties in USA
2. Such a party
3. Any informal party

clam chowder noun

Chowder made with clams

clamˈ-diggers plural noun

A style of women's trousers reaching just below the knee

clamˈshell noun

1. A cockpit canopy hinged at front and rear (aeronautics)
2. A hinged part of the thrust reverser in a gas turbine
3. (an excavating machine with) a bucket with two hinged jaws (N American)

clamshell phone noun

A mobile phone consisting of two working parts joined by a hinge so that it can be folded and unfolded

clam up (informal)

To become silent

• short-cutting
• short-dated
• short-day plant
• short-day plants
• short division
• short divisions
• shorted
• shorten
• shortened
• shortener
• shorteners
• shortening
• shortenings
• shortens
• shorten sail
• shorter
• shortest
• shortfall
• shortfalls
• short for
• short fuse
• short fuses
• short game
• short games
• shortgown