[
US
/ˈkɫæmˌʃɛɫ/
]
[ UK /klˈæmʃɛl/ ]
[ UK /klˈæmʃɛl/ ]
NOUN
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- the shell of a clam
How To Use clamshell In A Sentence
- The new concept incorporates a clamshell design.
- Crushed clamshells, a waste product from the local seafood industries, have been used to pave roadways.
- Glue the larger shells, such as these clamshells, to the inner and outer edges of the frame.
- Meanwhile, traditional Range Rover cues are transmuted into styling gold: The blacked-out rocker panels and lower bumper clips, the clamshell hood with a cutline running from the narrow LED headlamps to a pectoral hood vent, the integrated front and rear treadplates, the integrated running boards, the defined wheel arches. Evoque: A Range Rover for a Smaller Era
- As on the fish serving fork, the terminal of the fork is formed by a thick quahog clamshell with a tiny crab on it, and the stem is lavishly encrusted with marine elements.
- They were smaller than the clamshells protruding from the mud.
- Crushed clamshells, a waste product from the local Chesapeake Bay seafood industries, have been used to pave roadways.
- Although it is still the world leader in handset sales - with a 33 percent market share - Nokia has been slow to detect new trends, like folding clamshell models and touch screen handsets. Nokia N8 Release: Flagship Phone Now Shipping
- Every year, billions of these clamshells and other foodservice containers made from petroleum-based foams end up in already overstuffed landfills.
- Early Americans enjoyed clams with the same passion as we do today, and polished clamshells served as currency (known as wampum) from the 1600's to the end of the seventeenth century.