carving knife vs clam

carving knife

noun
  • A knife used to pare, cut, and smooth wood. 

  • A large knife designed for cutting cooked turkey and similar dishes. 

clam

noun
  • A kind of vise, usually of wood. 

  • One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak. 

  • clamminess; moisture 

  • A vagina. 

  • A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. 

  • Strong pincers or forceps. 

  • A dollar. 

  • A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. 

  • A Scientologist. 

  • In musicians' parlance, a wrong or misplaced note. 

verb
  • To dig for clams. 

  • To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. 

  • To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. 

  • To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. 

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