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Definition: Clamshell |
ClamshellNoun1. The shell of a clam. 2. A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | An excavator deriving its name from the general shape and operation of the clamshell bucket used on it and consists of the common crane boom, a tag line, hoist drum lagging for the proper line pulls and speeds and a clamshell bucket and proper cables. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Grab bucket:a digging device which, in closing, bites into the sediment and contains it inside the closed shell:the bucket and load are then hoisted to the surface, where the shell is opened to dump the load:includes clamshells, orange peels and other variations. Clamshell:a twin-jawed bucket without teeth, hung from the boom of a crane; the bucket is dropped in the open position onto the material to be excavated or handled; it is then closed, encompassing material between the hinged two halves. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A twin-jawed bucket without teeth; usually hung from the boom of a crane that can be either crawler or wheel mounted. The bucket is dropped in the open position onto the material to be excavated or handled. It is thenclosed, encompassing material between the two hinged halves. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ClamshellSynonym: grapple (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Clamshell |
| Specialty definitions using "clamshell": CANTILEVER-CRANE OPERATOR, container crane operator ♦ digging line, DRY-PAN CHARGER, dry-pan feeder ♦ grab equipment, grapple dredge ♦ orangepeel, ore bridge, ore-bridge bucket ♦ tagline ♦ wire-line dredging. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 13. A clamshell type grab sampler - this device was meant to grab material from the upper layers of seafloor sediment for study of the embedded fauna. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Clamshell" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Clamshell" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "clamshell": clamshell shutters. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "clamshell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | guaskë e moluskut, gocë e moluskut. (various references) | |
Arabic | صدفة البطلينوس. (various references) | |
Chinese | 蛤壳状机件. (various references) | |
Danish | muslingeskalformet dørkonstruktion, grab (grab, jaws, lifting grab). (various references) | |
Dutch | schelpvormige motorkap, schelpvormige deurkonstruktie. (various references) | |
Finnish | saranaluukku, reverssiluukku (reverser eyelid), kourakaivukone (grab), kauhakaivuri (grab). (various references) | |
French | coquille de capot, pelle benne preneuse, en coquille. (various references) | |
German | Haubenhalbschale, greiferförmige Doppelklappe, Greifbagger (grab). (various references) | |
Greek | καλύπτρα χειριστηρίου, εκσκαφεύς με εξάρτησιν αρπάγης (grab), εκσκαφεύς με εξάρτησιν αχηβάδας (grab), αχιβαδόμορφη δομή, αχηβαδόμορφη καλύπτρα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | markoló (clam-shell, crampon, crampoon, grab, grasper), önkiürítő függőveder. (various references) | |
Italian | conchiglia (conch, mussel, scallop, seashell, shell, shuck), portello (hatch, port, porthole, wicket), escavatore a benna mordente (grab). (various references) | |
Korean | 조가비. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amshellclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | concha de marisco, portinhola tipo ostra, garra (chela, claw, clutch, fingernail, grapple, grip, nail, nipper, paw, pawl, prong, talon), escavadora com balde articulado (grab). (various references) | |
Russian | самосхват (grab), грейферный, грейфер (grab). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | od školjki, školjke. (various references) | |
Spanish | concha de almeja, casa de molusco, cabina de concha, cáscara abatible, excavadora de almeja (grab), bava (grab). (various references) | |
Swedish | grävmaskin med gripskopa (grab). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | черепашка молюска (cockle, cockleshell), грейфер. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clamshell": clamshells. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "clamshell" (pronounced kla"mshe'l) |
| 4 | -m sh e' l | bombshell. |
| 3 | -sh e' l | eggshell, seashell. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-l-l-m-s" | |
-2 letters: hallels, shellac. | |
-3 letters: almehs, camels, chelas, hallel, laches, maches, macles, mescal, sachem, samech, schema. | |
-4 letters: aches, acmes, alecs, almeh, almes, calls, calms, camel, cames, cella, cells, chams, chase, chasm, chela, clams, clash, haems, hales, halls, halms, hames, heals, hells, helms, hemal, laces, lalls, lames, leach, leash, maces, mache, machs, macle, males, malls, meals. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-l-l-l-m-s" | |
+1 letter: clamshells. | |
+3 letters: smallclothes. | |
+5 letters: lamellibranchs. | |
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