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cockle

The correct spelling is cockle.

How to pronounce cockle

noun

IPA: /ˈkɒkl̩/

Say it like: Cok-le

The correct spelling is cockle. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

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Meanings

noun

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

verb

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

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