clams
Chowder's chewy morsels
Clams are bivalve mollusks with hinged shells, harvested for food and found in sandy coastal areas.
You dig for clams, steam them open, and eat them.
To clam up is to become silent or refuse to speak—like a clam snapping shut.
In American slang, clams means dollars: The repairs cost me five hundred clams.
Soft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- shellHard outer covering
- bivalveTwo-shelled mollusk
- musselEdible two-shelled mollusk
- oysterPearl-bearing edible mollusk
scallop · cockle · quahog · geoduck · razor · steamer · littleneck · cherrystone
Thick creamy seafood soup
- steamersClams or cooking vessels
- linguineFlat, narrow pasta strands
- frittersFried batter with filling
- casinoFacility for wagering
stuffed · fried · raw · bake · broth · garlic · butter · white wine
US monetary units
- bucksMale deer, or dollars
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- cashReady spending funds
- doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
bread · greenbacks · simoleons · moola · sawbucks · currency · payment · wager
Exposed shore sediment
- sandbarUnderwater ridge of sediment
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- intertidalZone between high and low watermarks
seabed · brackish · coastal · shallows · burrow · substrate · sediment · dig
To close firmly
- quietLacking in sound
- mumRefusing to speak
- tight-lippedUnwilling to divulge
- reticentDisinclined to speak freely
secretive · uncommunicative · mute · hushed · reserved · silent · withhold · refuse
Removing earth below
- rakingDragging tines across ground
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
- low tideSea at minimum level
- licenseFormal grant of permission
bag limit · shovel · waders · recreational · commercial · aquaculture · harvest · foraging
mollusk
Soft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
oyster · scallop · cockle · quahog · geoduck · razor · steamer · littleneck · cherrystone · Manila
chowder
Thick creamy seafood soup
casino · stuffed · fried · raw · bake · broth · garlic · butter · white wine · bisque
dollars
US monetary units
dough · bread · greenbacks · simoleons · moola · sawbucks · currency · payment · wager · bet
mudflat
Exposed shore sediment
intertidal · seabed · brackish · coastal · shallows · burrow · substrate · sediment · dig · rake
shut
To close firmly
- quietLacking in sound
- mumRefusing to speak
- tight-lippedUnwilling to divulge
reticent · secretive · uncommunicative · mute · hushed · reserved · silent · withhold · refuse
digging
Removing earth below
license · bag limit · shovel · waders · recreational · commercial · aquaculture · harvest · foraging · catch
- organismsplants, animals, human, dog, fungi
- seafoodfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, salmon
- aquatic lifedolphins, whales, dolphin, sharks, sea turtles
- allergenspeanuts, food allergens, shellfish, tree nuts, dairy
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- marine ecosystemsphytoplankton, oceans, zooplankton, marine life, krill
clamssquid
Ten-armed marine mollusk
octopus · jellyfish · slugs · sea slug · nudibranch
clamsopen book
One easily understood
chatterbox · blabbermouth · loudmouth · gossip · extrovert
clamsbroke
Lacking any funds
penniless · poverty · flat broke · empty pockets · in the red
- razor clamLong narrow burrowing bivalve
- clam upAbruptly stop speaking
- clam chowderCreamy mollusk soup
- happy as a clamExtremely contented and carefree
- clammed upBecame suddenly silent
- clamming upBecoming deliberately silent
clam, exclaim, clammy, claimed, proclaim, acclaim, unclaimed, disclaimer, clammed