cockle
/ˈkɑkəl/
verb
- To wrinkle or pucker, especially fabric or paper.
- Be careful not to cockle the silk when ironing it.
- The old photograph had cockled from years of humidity.
- The heat caused the paper to cockle at the edges.
noun
- A small edible shellfish with a rounded, ribbed shell.
- We collected cockles on the beach at low tide.
- The soup was full of fresh cockles and vegetables.
- Cockles are often served steamed with lemon and butter.
- The shell of a cockle, often used as a decoration or symbol.
- She wore a necklace with a tiny cockle pendant.
- Children painted cockles and other seashells at the craft table.
- The old sailor kept a cockle on his windowsill as a souvenir.
- A small, shallow boat or vessel.
- They rowed a cockle across the calm lake.
- The fisherman used a cockle to check his nets near the shore.
- A cockle is not meant for rough ocean waters.