Clam

//klæm//

Synonyms for "clam" (87 found)

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Closest matches (18)

angle bait the hook blue point bob chilopoda chordata coquillage crab crawdad crawfish crayfish dap dib dibble dollar

Noun(3 words)

buck chocha dollar

Strong matches (26)

Related words (43)

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

17 entries

Federal Reserve note bank bill bank note banker's bill banknote bill bivalve collect garner gather government note greenback lamellibranch note pelecypod pull together

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Synonyms

1 entries

dollar

Related terms

1 entries

clammy

at location

2 entries

bottom of sea water

capable of

1 entries

closing shell

derived

118 entries

American jackknife clam Arctic surf clam Asian clam Asiatic clam Atlantic jackknife clam Atlantic surf clam Chinese clam Clam Falls Clam Lake Clam Union Essex clam Ipswich clam Japanese littleneck clam Korean clam Manila clam Pacific clam

Showing 16 of 118 words.

distinct from

1 entries

oyster

etymologically related_to

2 entries

clammy clem

has context

4 entries

derogatory rowing slang us

is a

3 entries

bivalve mollusk shellfish

manner of

1 entries

gather

related to

43 entries

adjust animal at bakes bakes bellringing bivalve calm chowder clam up clamminess clammy clams clang clangor clog device

Showing 16 of 43 words.

Translations

84 translations across 55 languages.

Abenaki

1 entries

als noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Algonquin

1 entries

poquauhock noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Basque

1 entries

txirla noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Belarusian

2 entries

двухра́кавінкавы малю́ск noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
малю́ск noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ми́да noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Burmese

1 entries

ခုံးကောင် noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Catalan

1 entries

cloïssa noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Cheyenne

1 entries

hexōvo noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

蜆 /蚬 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

文蛤 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
蚌 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
蛤 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
蛤蜊 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Corsican

1 entries

vongola noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Cree

2 entries

ᐁᓯᐢ noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
ᐁᓴ noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Czech

1 entries

škeble noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Dutch

1 entries

mossel noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Esperanto

3 entries

muslo noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
pekteno noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
ruditapo noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Finnish

1 entries

simpukka noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

French

2 entries

palourde noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
praire noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Galician

1 entries

ameixa noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

German

3 entries

Klaffmuschel noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
Muschel noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
Venusmuschel noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Greek

1 entries

αχιβάδα noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Hebrew

2 entries

צִדְפָּה noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
צֶדֶף noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Hungarian

1 entries

kagyló noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Ido

1 entries

muslo noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Inuktitut

1 entries

ammuumajuq (ammuumajuq) noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Irish

1 entries

breallach noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Italian

3 entries

arsella noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
tellina noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
vongola noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Japanese

4 entries

アサリ noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
ハマグリ noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
浅蜊 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
蛤 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Korean

1 entries

조개 noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Lakota

1 entries

tuki noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Latin

1 entries

mollusca noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

wenusowa mušla noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Macedonian

1 entries

школка noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Malay

1 entries

kepah noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Marshallese

1 entries

jenǫ noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries

e's noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Mohegan-Pequot

2 entries

poqáh noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
suksuw noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Navajo

1 entries

chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Norwegian

2 entries

blåskjell noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
musling noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Ojibwe

1 entries

es noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Polish

1 entries

małż noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Portuguese

2 entries

amêijoa noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
mariscar verb (to dig for clams)

Romanian

1 entries

moluscă comestibilă noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Russian

2 entries

двуство́рчатый моллю́ск noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
моллю́ск noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

škȏljka noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
шко̑љка noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Slovene

1 entries

škóljka noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Southern Ohlone

1 entries

hakkaw noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Spanish

4 entries

almeja noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
amayuela noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
chirla noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
chocha noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Swedish

1 entries

mussla noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Tagalog

1 entries

kabibe noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Thai

1 entries

หอยกาบ noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Turkish

2 entries

istiridye noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
midye noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Unami

1 entries

èhës noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Vietnamese

2 entries

nghêu noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)
sò noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Welsh

1 entries

cragen fylchog noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Yiddish

1 entries

קלאַם noun (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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I am as happy as a clam.

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Tom is happy as a clam.

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Tom ate a bowl of clam chowder.

Source: tatoeba (1095830)

The largest kind of clam is the giant clam.

Source: tatoeba (4466805)

Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.

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