cockled
Buckled from moisture
Cockled describes something that has puckered, wrinkled, or become wavy—typically paper or fabric that has been exposed to moisture or heat.
Paper cockles when it dries unevenly after getting wet: The pages were cockled and stained from water damage.
Fabric may cockle when sewn improperly, creating unwanted ripples.
The word relates to the shell of a cockle, whose ridged surface suggests the same wavy distortion.
Drawn into wrinkles
- crinkledFormed small wrinkles
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
- creasedBearing pressed lines
- crumpledCrushed into irregular folds
corrugated · pleated · ruffled · gathered · buckled · warped · distorted · ridged
Tidal mixing zone
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- mudflatsCoastal areas exposed at low tide
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- sandbarUnderwater ridge of sediment
seabed · saltwater · intertidal · beach · shallows · lagoon · brackish · foreshore
Refined sensitivity or rarity
appetizing · flavorful · aromatic · steamed · pickled · preserved · cuisine · seafood
Two-shelled mollusks
- mollusksSoft-bodied invertebrates, often shelled
- clamsEdible burrowing mollusks
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
- oystersEdible marine mollusks
scallops · littleneck · quahog · shellfishing · harvesting · steamer · chowder · seafood
puckered
Drawn into wrinkles
crumpled · corrugated · pleated · ruffled · gathered · buckled · warped · distorted · ridged · furrowed
estuary
Tidal mixing zone
sandbar · seabed · saltwater · intertidal · beach · shallows · lagoon · brackish · foreshore · tide
delicacy
Refined sensitivity or rarity
succulent · appetizing · flavorful · aromatic · steamed · pickled · preserved · cuisine · seafood · mouthwatering
bivalves
Two-shelled mollusks
- mollusksSoft-bodied invertebrates, often shelled
- clamsEdible burrowing mollusks
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
oysters · scallops · littleneck · quahog · shellfishing · harvesting · steamer · chowder · seafood · aquaculture
- cockle shellsSmall edible bivalve casings
- warm the cockles of someone's heartCause profound emotional contentment
- warmed the cockles of someone's heartCaused profound emotional contentment