SpellRight › Spelling
Rarecockles
The correct spelling is cockles.
How to pronounce cockles
noun
Say it like: Cok-les
The correct spelling is cockles. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
Usage Examples
No usage examples in context are available for this word.
Meanings
noun
- 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
verb
- 1.To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.