cockle

/ˈkɑkəl/

/ˈkɒkəl/

Other forms: cockles; cockled; cockling

Definitions of cockle

1. noun

   common edible European bivalve
   type of:

   shellfish

   meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
2. noun

   common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
   types:

   Cardium edule, edible cockle

   common edible European cockle

   type of:

   bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod

   marine or freshwater mollusk having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
3. verb

   stir up (water) so as to form ripples
   synonyms: riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate

   type of:

   flow, flux

   move or progress freely as if in a stream
4. verb

   to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
   synonyms: crumple, knit, pucker, rumple

   draw

   contract

   type of:

   crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle

   make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in