Word Meaning

Meaning of cockle

- A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.
- A cockleshell.
- The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
- The fire chamber of a furnace.
- A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
- The dome of a heating furnace.
- To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
- A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
- The Lotium, or darnel.

Crossword clue for cockle

- A mollusc
- Bivalve mollusc
- Small edible shellfish