clamshell
IPA: kɫˈæmʃɛɫ
noun
- The shell of a clam.
- 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.
- A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
- In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with take-out food.
- (obsolete, US, slang) mouth
- (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
- (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
verb
- (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
- To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
- To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
- (transitive, intransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.
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Examples of "clamshell" in Sentences
- The pot has a clamshell.
- The bucket is also operable as a clamshell.
- Wow that was great under the clamshell story.
- Clamshell doors at the rear of the fuselage were advertised.
- A crane at the surface removes the soil with a clamshell bucket.
- Clamshell, black boards stamped in white in a design by the artist.
- This is the fold or clamshell version of updated Nokia 6600 series.
- The crew of two sit in Tandem under a single piece clamshell canopy.
- The EP was limited to 1000 copies and was packaged in a black clamshell case.
- The last video to be packaged in a padded clamshell was The Sword in the Stone.