Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clam

3 senses of clam

Sense 1
clam -- (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)
       => bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch -- (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)

Sense 2
dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam -- (a piece of paper money worth one dollar)
       => bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback -- (a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes")

Sense 3
clam -- (flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams)
       => shellfish -- (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clam

1 sense of clam

Sense 1
clam -- (gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean)
       => gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")

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