Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
2. Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, Agrostemma githago, and Lolium temulentum.
3. The shell of such a mollusk.
4. (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
5. (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
6. (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
7. (mining, UK, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
8. (UK) The fire chamber of a furnace.
9. (UK) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
10. (UK) The dome of a heating furnace.

Verb

1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.