cockleshell
cockleshell noun: the shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
Noun
cockleshell (plural cockleshells)
- The shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
- The moment land had disappeared, the great canoe seemed no larger than a cockleshell; the waves lapped dangerously near to the tops of the gunwales, all but toppling into the canoe; and that is the curious thing about Polynesian canoes: the water always laps just to the tops of the gunwales, no...1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 203
- A small, flimsy boat.
cockleshell meaning in Tamil and Telugu
cockleshell in Tamil
- கொக்குமட்டி, நத்தைக்கிளிஞ்சல்
cockleshell in Telugu
- a cockleshell
- ఆలచిప్ప ālacippa
Forms of cockleshell
| plural | cockleshells |
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Origin of cockleshell
From cockle + shell.
Questions about cockleshell
- What does cockleshell mean?
- Cockleshell means the shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
- What is cockleshell in Tamil?
- Cockleshell in Tamil is கொக்குமட்டி, நத்தைக்கிளிஞ்சல். See Cockleshell meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cockleshell?
- Cockleshell is a noun.
- What is the plural of cockleshell?
- The plural of cockleshell is cockleshells.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cockleshell (page history and authors); cockleshell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఆలచిప్ప (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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