cherrystone
/ˈtʃɛriˌstoʊn/
noun
- A small, hard-shelled clam, especially a young quahog, often eaten raw or cooked.
- The fisherman harvested cherrystone clams from the shallow waters of the bay.
- For the party, she prepared a platter of fresh cherrystone clams with lemon and cocktail sauce.
- We ordered a dozen cherrystone clams on the half shell at the seafood restaurant.
- The hard pit or stone inside a cherry fruit.
- The child accidentally swallowed a cherrystone, but it passed without any problem.
- Be careful not to bite down on a cherrystone when eating the pie.
- She used a cherry pitter to remove each cherrystone before baking.