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How to pronounce clam in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill
Type of government note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, federal reserve note, greenback, note
Type Words
Type of bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod
Has types mercenaria mercenaria, mya arenaria, hard clam, knife-handle, long-neck clam, quahaug, quahog, razor clam, round clam, shipworm, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam, teredinid, hard-shell clam, tridacna gigas, giant clam, geoduck, venus mercenaria, jackknife clam
Type Words
Type of shellfish
Has types quahog, steamer clam, long-neck clam, round clam, quahaug, hard-shell clam, soft-shell clam, steamer
Type Words
Type of gather, pull together, collect, garner

Examples of clam

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Crowded restaurants flanking Johnson Pier offer fish and chips and clam chowder.
From the sfgate.com
Happy as a clam but with my arms beginning to ache I looked forward to my lunch.
From the nzherald.co.nz
All other coastal beaches will remain closed to razor-clam digging this weekend.
From the thenewstribune.com
As for toppings, sausage is all but mute, while white clam packs a garlic punch.
From the washingtonpost.com
Despite having plenty of clams in their shells, it didn't have much clam flavor.
From the freep.com
A 1-cup serving of New England clam chowder can have as many as 17 grams of fat.
From the sltrib.com
Add minced clams, bread crumbs and enough clam broth to lightly moisten mixture.
From the news-journalonline.com
The clam chowder was potatoey with a hint of bacon and generous amounts of clam.
From the thenewstribune.com
This pot had a rich buttery clam broth in it that we each poured into our bowls.
From the gothamgal.com
More examples
  • Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
  • Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
  • Dollar: a piece of paper money worth one dollar
  • Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
  • (clams) boodle: informal terms for money
  • The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.
  • The following is a list of characters which appear in the Cartoon Network animated television series Camp Lazlo.
  • "Clam" is an informal term used to refer to any molluscans within Class Bivalvia.
  • (Clams (SpongeBob SquarePants episode)) SpongeBob SquarePants is an animated television series broadcast on Nickelodeon, an American cable network. The series premiered on May 1, 1999 and is currently in its seventh and eighth seasons.