clam
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- noun
- /klæm/
:
almeja
- I ordered a bowl of clam chowder with fresh bread for dinner.
- hard clams
- soft clams
- oysters and clams
My tier one, my God tier is clam chowder.
- My tier one, my God tier is clam chowder.
- You could literally get your heme iron from clams, oysters and mussels and from eggs.
- Mom's making clams, oreganata and linguine for the seven fishes for Christmas.
- And when I wanted to splurge, I would go to the store and get the the chunky Campbell soup, clam chowder.
Examples
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We ate baby clams the size of dimes and drank white wine called "Lacrima Christi."
Fiction book (1991) -
I'll have the linguine with clam sauce, please, and a caprese salad to start.
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And I made a little clam sauce.
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Would you like a little clam dip, doll?
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Bring me some clams when you come back!
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Somebody mentioned a place to get great clam chowder in New York.
Blog text (13) -
Are you enjoying the clam chowder?
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- I'll have clams, please.
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In that case, sir, may I advise against the lady eating the clam chowder?
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It's this beautiful creamy thick soup with little chunks of clam and bacon.
Synonyms
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7.5
A small clam cooked in its shell with steam
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5.7
A very large sea clam that lives on coral reefs
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5.4
A long narrow sea clam with a curved, sharp shell
A small sea animal with a thin fragile shell that people eat
A North American clam with a thick hard shell that is eaten as food
A soft clam often steamed and eaten in its shell
A small edible clam often eaten raw or cooked
A type of shellfish with a thin oval shell and a long thin neck eaten as food
A large edible clam from the Atlantic coast whose shell was once used as money by Native Americans
A large clam you can eat with a hard rounded shell
A large edible American clam with a heavy rounded shell often used in chowder
A shellfish with red blood that lives in muddy seashores and is eaten in parts of Asia
Compounds
- US
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5.2
A cold creamy mixture of chopped clams and cream cheese eaten with crackers or chips
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3.3
A thick creamy soup from New England made with clams, potatoes, onions, and milk
- Indian
A shellfish with red blood that lives in muddy seashores and is eaten in parts of Asia
- US
A large edible clam from the Atlantic coast whose shell was once used as money by Native Americans
How Prized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clam for the food comes from the same name as the shellfish and simply means the 'edible flesh' inside the shell. That is why a dish called clam points to the meat of the animal.