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clam

42 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) clam (noun)
  2. 2) clam (noun)
  3. 3) clam (verb)
  4. Clam Catcher (noun)
  5. clam up (verb)
  6. clam worm (noun)
  7. basket clam (noun)
  8. bean clam (noun)
  9. big-neck clam (noun)
  10. blood clam (noun)
  11. bloody clam (noun)
  12. boring clam (noun)
  13. butter clam (noun)
  14. butterfly clam (noun)
  15. dipper clam (noun)
  16. fingernail clam (noun)
  17. freshwater clam (noun)
  18. giant clam (noun)
  19. hard clam (noun)
  20. hard-shell clam (noun)
  21. hen clam (noun)
  22. horsehoof clam (noun)
  23. horseshoe clam (noun)
  24. jackknife clam (noun)
  25. long clam (noun)
  26. long-neck clam (noun)
  27. Manhattan clam chowder (noun)
  28. New England clam chowder (noun)
  29. pismo clam (noun)
  30. pompano clam (noun)

1clam

noun \ˈklam\

Definition of CLAM

: clamp, clasp

Origin of CLAM

Middle English, from Old English clamm bond, fetter; akin to Old High German klamma constriction and perhaps to Latin glomus ball
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Hardware Terms

adze, auger, awl, chock, ferrule, punch, tang

Rhymes with CLAM

bam, cam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam

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