cockle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒkl̩/
• Rhymes: -ɒkəl

Etymology 1

From Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, form of Latin conchylia, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhulion), diminutive of κογχύλη (konkhulē, “mussel”), from Proto-Indo-European *konkho.

Noun

Wikipedia

cockle (plural cockles)

1. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
2. The shell of such a mollusk.
3. (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
4. (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
5. (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
6. (mining, UK, Cornish) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.

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7. (UK) The fire chamber of a furnace.

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8. (UK) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.

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9. (UK) The dome of a heating furnace.

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Derived terms

• blood cockle
• cockleshell
• common cockle
• warm the cockles of one's heart

Translations

any of various edible European bivalve mollusks

• Bulgarian: сърцевидна мида f (sǎrcevidna mida)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泥蚶 (zh) (níhān)

• Dutch: kokkel (nl) m, kokhaan m, hartschelp
• German: Herzmuschel f
• Japanese: ザルガイ (zarugai)
• Jèrriais: chuchette f

• Korean: 꼬막 (kkomak)
• Maori: tuangi
• Polish: sercówka f
• Russian: сердцевидка (ru) f (serdcevídka)
• Scottish Gaelic: coilleag f, srùban m
• Ukrainian: серцевидка f (sercevýdka)

the shell of the cockle

• Dutch: kokkel (nl) m, hartschelp

• Scottish Gaelic: coilleag f, srùban m

one’s innermost feelings

• Dutch: zieleroerselen pl

wrinkle — see wrinkle

a defect in sheepskin

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• Catalan: escopinya f
• Serbo-Croatian: kukolj m
• Galician: berberecho, carneirolo m
• Korean: 고막 (ko) (gomak)
• Lithuanian: širdutės ?

• Norwegian: hjerteskjell n
• Serbo-Croatian: kukolj
• Spanish: berberecho m

See also

• scallop

Verb

cockle (third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)

1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Wikispecies From Old English coccel, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus (“berry”)

Noun

cockle (plural cockles)

1. Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, Agrostemma githago, and Lolium temulentum.

Synonyms

• (Lolium temulentum): darnel, false wheat

Related terms

• aquatic cockle
• corncockle
• cocklebur

Translations

corncockle — see corncockle

any of several weeds, such as the corn cockle

• Bulgarian: къклица f (kǎklica)
• Dutch: kokkelboon m, f, kokhaan m, hartschelp
• French: ivraie enivrante (fr) f
• Italian: loglio (it) m

• Japanese: ドクムギ (dokumugi)
• Portuguese: joio (pt) m
• Spanish: cizaña (es) f

See also

• cheat
• rye grass
• tare
• vetch

Anagrams

• clocke