CLAM (clammed, clamming)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clam mean? 

• CLAM (noun)
  The noun CLAM has 3 senses:

1. burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
3. flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

  Familiarity information: CLAM used as a noun is uncommon.

• CLAM (verb)
  The verb CLAM has 1 sense:

1. gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

  Familiarity information: CLAM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLAM (noun)

Meaning:

Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("clam" is a kind of...):

bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)

Meronyms (parts of "clam"):

clam (flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clam"):

long-neck clam; Mya arenaria; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam (an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe)

hard clam; hard-shell clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; quahaug; quahog; round clam; Venus mercenaria (an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians)

geoduck (a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell)

jackknife clam; knife-handle; razor clam (marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell)

giant clam; Tridacna gigas (a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds)

shipworm; teredinid (wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells)

Meaning:

A piece of paper money worth one dollar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

dollar bill; one dollar bill; buck; clam; dollar

Hypernyms ("clam" is a kind of...):

bank bill; bank note; banker's bill; banknote; bill; Federal Reserve note; government note; greenback; note (a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank))

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Meaning:

Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("clam" is a kind of...):

shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clam"):

hard-shell clam; quahaug; quahog; round clam (Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes)

long-neck clam; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam (a clam that is usually steamed in the shell)

Holonyms ("clam" is a part of...):

clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)

• CLAM (verb)

Meaning:

Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "clam" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and clam