cockleshell
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- noun
- /ˈkɑkəlˌʃɛl/
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concha
- She decorated the picture frame with tiny cockleshells collected during her summer vacation.
Examples
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On the beach, I collected a beautiful cockleshell that was ribbed and heart-shaped.
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Look at this cockleshell I found!
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The children filled their buckets with colorful cockleshells they found along the shore.
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A single cockleshell lay half-buried in the sand, glistening in the sunlight.
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I found a beautiful cockleshell on the beach.
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The children enjoyed searching for cockleshells along the sandy shore during their vacation.
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She carefully placed the cockleshell in her jewelry box as a keepsake from the seaside.
Synonyms
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1.0
A hard curved cover left by a sea animal often found on beaches
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A hard outer part of a sea animal that people use for decoration or to add calcium to soil
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4.4
A fan-shaped shell with lines from the middle to the edge often used as a symbol
A large sea snail with a flat, shiny shell eaten as food
A clam's two hard shells joined at one side that open and close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cockleshell simply means the shell of a small sea creature called a cockle, so it is a 'shell' you find on the beach, often small, ribbed, and heart-shaped.