Dictionary Definition
cockle
Noun
1 common edible European bivalve
2 common edible European bivalve mollusk having a
rounded shell with radiating ribs
Verb
2 to gather something into small wrinkles or
folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, crumple, knit]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɒk.ˌl/
- Rhymes: -ɒkəl
Etymology 1
From cokille (French coquille), from *cocchilia, form of conchylia, from (konkhylion), diminutive of ‘mussel’.Noun
Related terms
Translations
- Catalan: escopinya
- Croatian: kukolj
- Dutch: hartschelpen f|p
- Galician: berberecho, carneirolo
- German: Herzmuscheln f|p
- Korean: 고막 (gomak)
- Lithuanian: širdutės g Lithuanian
- Norwegian: hjerteskjell g Norwegian
- Polish: sercówka jadalna
- Scottish Gaelic: slige-chabon
- Serbian: kukolj
- Spanish: berberecho
- Ukrainian: серцевидка (sertsevydka)
See also
Noun
- any of several plants, such as the corn cockle
Scientific names
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
any of several plants, such as the corn cockle
- French: ivraie enivrante
- Italian: loglio
- Japanese: ドクムギ (dokumugi)
- Portuguese: joio
- Spanish: cizaña
Extensive Definition
Cockle may refer to:
- Cockle (bivalve)
- Cockle (weed)
- Berwick cockles, a confectionary from Scotland
- The phrase 'warm the cockles of one's heart' refererences to the ventricles of the heart (Latin: cochleae cordis)
Cockles come from shallow waters of the ocean bed
and are also known as mochacocka.