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Meaning of "clam-like" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLAM-LIKE

clam-like  [ˈklæmˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLAM-LIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clam-Like is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLAM-LIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clam-like in the English dictionary

The definition of clam-like in the dictionary is resembling a clam.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLAM-LIKE


armlike
ˈɑːmˌlaɪk
balm-like
ˈbɑːmˌlaɪk
creamlike
ˈkriːmˌlaɪk
domelike
ˈdəʊmˌlaɪk
dreamlike
ˈdriːmˌlaɪk
gamelike
ˈɡeɪmˌlaɪk
gemlike
ˈdʒɛmˌlaɪk
gnome-like
ˈnəʊmˌlaɪk
gumlike
ˈɡʌmˌlaɪk
homelike
ˈhəʊmˌlaɪk
hymnlike
ˈhɪmˌlaɪk
jamlike
ˈdʒæmˌlaɪk
lamblike
ˈlæmˌlaɪk
phantomlike
ˈfæntəmˌlaɪk
plumelike
ˈpluːmˌlaɪk
scumlike
ˈskʌmˌlaɪk
seamlike
ˈsiːmˌlaɪk
stemlike
ˈstɛmˌlaɪk
thumblike
ˈθʌmˌlaɪk
unhomelike
ʌnˈhəʊmˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLAM-LIKE

clam
clam chowder
clam up
clam-diggers
clamancy
clamant
clamantly
clamatorial
clambake
clamber
clamberer
clamjamfry
clamjamphrie
clammed
clammer
clammier
clammiest
clammily
clamminess
clamming

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLAM-LIKE

bird-like
cell-like
cloth-like
daughter-like
dislike
garden-like
guitar-like
human-like
jelly-like
jewel-like
like-for-like
metal-like
oil-like
scale-like
shell-like
soul-like
stone-like
summer-like
tail-like
virus-like
woman-like

Synonyms and antonyms of clam-like in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clam-like» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLAM-LIKE

Find out the translation of clam-like to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clam-like from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clam-like» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蛤类
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- almeja como
570 millions of speakers

English

clam-like
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्लैम की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثل البطلينوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

моллюск - как
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clam -like
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ল্যাম মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palourde comme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti kerang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Muschel -ähnliche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハマグリのような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조개 와 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clam-like
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghêu giống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிளிஞ்சல் போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लॅम सारखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istiridye benzeri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clam -like
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak milczek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молюск - як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- scoica cum ar fi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχιβάδα - όπως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

clam -agtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clam liknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

musling -lignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clam-like

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAM-LIKE»

The term «clam-like» is used very little and occupies the 185.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAM-LIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clam-like

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAM-LIKE»

Discover the use of clam-like in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clam-like and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Biology of the Hard Clam
Wells found microscopic clam-like animals, undoubtedly veligers, in the resuspended sample and decided these were probably oyster larvae. Attempts to grow these larvae in containers of natural seawater failed. Wells then changed his ...
John Norman Kraeuter, Michael Castagna, 2001
2
The Ram and the Clam
Mary Elizabeth Salzmann. Pam, the ram, and the clam like to ride the tram. Pam, the ram, and the clam take the tram to. 19.
Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, 2010
3
Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP '95: ...
These operate directly on "unboxed" floating point values, called fp-vals, whereas most of the values in the CLAM (like the WAM) are tagged and may represent bindings. The core instruction set for solver bypass is as follows: Dead variable ...
Ugo Montanari, Francesca Rossi, 1995
4
Radetzky: Imperial Victor and Military Genius
... the Council of State (Staatsrat), these two positions between them making him de facto if not de jure war minister.113 Clam, like Radetzky, was a Bohemian aristocrat, although his mother tongue was Czech. He also spoke German, French, ...
Alan Sked, 2011
5
Pacific Feast: A Cook's Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine
“You ever see a clam like this?” he'd say, lifting it from where it leaned against Great Grandmother Rose's hand-painted sugar vessel with purple violets. “Look how thin the shell is,” he'd say, holding it to the sunlit window, “as translucent as ...
Jennifer Hahn, 2010
6
The Unfinished Universe
If the seed of a clam, for example, were deposited in the crevice of a rock, a clam- like fossil might grow from stony material and would resemble in shape the clam that grew from living tissue. These explanations and others like them held sway ...
Louise B. Young, 1986
7
Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials
These organisms are extremely important recyclers of wood in marine environments, and, when wooden sailing ships ruled the seas, were the cause of many ship sinkings. 14.6.1 Shipworms Shipworms are clam-like mollusks that begin life as ...
Myer Kutz, 2012
8
Draft: Blackleaf environmental impact statement
Corals Brachiopods (clam like) TABLE 4.2 SOIL IMPACTS' ALTERNATIVE 1 TABLE 4.3 SOIL IMPACTS'. Drill Site Gastropods (snails) Pelecypods (clam like) Coquina (Broken shells, corals and organic debris) Belemnites (remains of ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Great Falls Resource Area, 1990
9
Gulf Arabic
... from: min daaxil; (708) yifilguun il-maHaar chidhi u yishiiluun il-lulu 3pl-split the -clam like-this and 3pl-remove the-pearl min daaxil from inside 'They would split open the clam like this and remove the pearl from inside' Motion past: min: (709)  ...
Clive Holes, 1990
10
Structure and Function of Calcium Release Channels
The two domains of the IBC (a and b) form a clam-like structure, the inside of which includes many basic residues that coordinate the phosphate groups of IP3 (Bosanac etal., 2002; Fig. 5B). The essential 4,5bisphosphate and 6-hydroxyl ...
Irina Serysheva, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAM-LIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clam-like is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The right machine for the job
The open top truck has an 18-foot bed and a crane arm attached to a clam-like claw that is used for picking up large debris. "Before we had this ... «Henderson Daily Dispatch, Jun 15»
2
Float in Water and 1000 Pounds of Epsom Salt to Relax in Carroll …
The center, which is located above beer tavern Buschenschank, has three Evolution Float Pods — clam-like vessels with lids that close — and ... «DNAinfo, Jun 15»
3
Kettle Moraine offers mussels program June 13
Mussels are clam-like animals (bivalves) that live in river and lake beds. Discover their truly intriguing life cycles, which includes finding a host ... «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jun 15»
4
3 Salsas shows off its eccentricities with Mexican homestyle cooking
Sprinkled with salty shavings of queso fresco along its clam-like lips and paired with a chunky tomatillo salsa, the quesadilla should instantly ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
5
HumBug: The 40-year-old Mystery
From between two tiny, clam-like shells, a set of filament legs snap in and out, propelling them along crazy pathways in the water. I have no ... «The Journal, May 15»
6
Geologist Christopher McRoberts Gains a Fossil Namesake
Over the years, McRoberts and Orchard have compared Triassic-era fossils of the clam-like bivalve mollusks that McRoberts studies with the ... «SUNY Cortland News, May 15»
7
Experts Predict Future Extinctions With the Fossil Record
The octopus, for instance, evolved from a heavy and stiff clam-like creature to the uniquely mobile creature we see today. (Scroll to read on...). «Nature World News, Apr 15»
8
Not just a champion team, Port Adelaide want to be champion club
Yet the ground with its clam-like stands retains the ambience of The Don, the Chappell brothers, David Hookes, Sir Garfield Sobers and Les ... «The Australian, Apr 15»
9
Tantalizing evidence of a mass extinction
The effects on the inhabitants of that very ancient world (mostly clam-like creatures and single-celled organisms) were devastating, but it wasn't ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
10
Boris Johnson arrives in Ramsgate to support Conservative …
Even the presence of a number of Ukip activists, who ambushed him on his arrival and stuck clam-like to his entourage throughout with their ... «Kent Online, Apr 15»

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