Word: cockle
Phonetic:
/ˈkɒkl̩/Listen:
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
The shell of such a mollusk.
(in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
(directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
(by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
The fire chamber of a furnace.
A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
The dome of a heating furnace.
To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
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