Word Helper: An Associative Language Search Engine

Synonyms

  1. grapple

Words Described by "Clamshell"

  1. buckets
  2. beads
  3. incision
  4. doors
  5. design
  6. case
  7. disk
  8. money
  9. device
  10. bucket

Commonly Paired Adjectives

  1. giant
  2. large
  3. open
  4. white
  5. small
  6. huge
  7. plastic
  8. broken
  9. old
  10. round

Hypernyms (Type of)

  1. shell
  2. dredging bucket

What Google Knows

A clamshell design is a kind of form factor for electronic devices in the shape of a clamshell. Mobile phones, handheld game consoles, and especially laptops, are often designed like clamshells.

Related Definition

  1. clamshell:

    n The shell of a clam.

    n Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.

    n A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.

    n In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with take-out food.

    n (obsolete, US, slang) mouth

    n (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.

    n (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.

    v (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.

    v To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).

    v To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.

    v (transitive, intransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.


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