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cock·le
 cockle
- pronunciation:
- ka
k
 l
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- cockles of one's heart
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
any of a number of round or heart-shaped, often edible, mollusks with two hinged shells.
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| definition 2: |
the ribbed shell of a cockle.
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| definition 3: |
a crinkle or irregular gathering; wrinkle.
- similar words:
- pucker, rumple
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| phrase: |
cockles of one's heart |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
cockled, cockles, cockling |
| definition: |
to become wrinkled as the result of being drawn together.
- similar words:
- rumple
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to crinkle, wrinkle, or gather irregularly; pucker.
- similar words:
- rumple
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