common edible European bivalve
Used in a Sentence
cockle
How to use cockle in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for cockle.
Editorial note
As a Google shareholder, this article warms the cockles of my heart.
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Quick take
common edible European bivalve
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of cockle gathered in one view.
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for cockle.
noun
common edible European bivalve
noun
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
verb
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
verb
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
Example sentences
As a Google shareholder, this article warms the cockles of my heart.
Something just warms the cockles of my blackened geeky heart to see that.
Occasionally seeing something like this warms the cockles of my cold jaded IT heart.
2001 includes 58 Chinese nationals who suffocated in a lorry en route into the UK. 2004 includes 20 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay.
And all the people of the lulled and dumbfound town are sleeping now. Hush, the babies are sleeping, the farmers, the fishers, the tradesmen and pensioners, cobbler, schoolteacher, postman and publican, the undertaker and the fancy woman, drunkard, dressmaker, preacher, \ policeman, the webfoot cocklewomen and the tidy wives.
It is to-night in Donkey Street, trotting silent, with seaweed on its hooves, along the cockled cobbles, past curtained fernpot, text and trinket, harmonium, holy dresser, watercolours done by hand, china dog and rosy tin teacaddy.
Nuttall’s cockles were on the sediment surface with their siphons out, instead of being buried… 22nd September, the area containing dying animals was not only still present it was spreading; whatever seemed to be the cause was still doing its dirty work… 25th September [many] red sea cucumbers… were lying fully exposed, and apparently dead… 29th of September… A few living Cucumaria were acting oddly, not quite dead, but just slightly responsive to touch… Numerous green sea urchins were found with their spines in abnormal postures, definitely not looking healthy… The full extent of the dead area, and the reason for the mortality, remain indeterminate.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use cockle in a sentence?
As a Google shareholder, this article warms the cockles of my heart.
What does cockle mean?
common edible European bivalve
What part of speech is cockle?
cockle is commonly used as noun, verb.