Thesaurus results for COCKLESHELL

cockleshell

noun

Definition of cockleshell

as in whaleboat

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Recent Examples of cockleshell This popular Spanish-inspired dish was served in cockleshells so reminiscent the Galicia region of Spain’s cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela. — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 24 Apr. 2017

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Noun

One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025

Definition of whaleboat

Noun

Shackleton purchased a wooden Norwegian whaler, Foca I, which his wife Emily renamed Quest.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
While en route to ship out on a Nantucket whaler, Ishmael spends a night at New Bedford’s Spouter-Inn, a night which quickly takes on the semblance of stage farce.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of whaler

Noun

However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.

— Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025

Definition of workboat

Noun

Ravutaumada responded with Fiji's third try, a simple overlap, to trail by a point but Wales managed the last quarter well and scored in a lineout drive to replacement hooker Ryan Elias and from scrum ball to center Eddie James.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Definition of hooker

Noun

Every central banker is weighing the balance of these risks, though with Big Tech on his doorstep, Warsh will need to be all the more discerning in both his interpretation of the outlook and the delivery of his analysis.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
While a number of groups, including Tsai, have invested multiple times in PLL, Rabil said that with each funding round the group typically sought a leading role from a new banker.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026