cockle
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having…Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
Meaning
11 sensesAny of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
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сердцеви́дкаserdcevídka
серцеви́дкаsercevýdka
common edible European bivalve
The shell of such a mollusk.
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
A wrinkle, pucker
(broadly)A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
(figuratively, in the plural)Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
(UK)The dome of a heating furnace.
(UK)The fire chamber of a furnace.
(UK)A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
(Cornwall, UK)The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
(Cockney, slang)A £10 note; a tenner.
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Origin
From Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutivFrom Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutive of Middle English cokke, cok (“cockle”), from Old English cocc (found in sǣcocc (“cockle”)) + -le; or perhaps from Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, from conchylia, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion), diminutive of κογχύλη (konkhúlē, “mussel”), of Pre-Greek substrate origin.
From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (“darnel”), of unknown origin, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus (“berry”).
Rhyming slang, from cock and hen for ten.
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