English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of cockle

cockle

/noun/ बल; कोक्ल;
/verb/सिकुड़ना; बल खाना; उभरना; निकलना; निकालना;

Synonym force; shrink; ruck; crystallise; debouch; abduce;

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English Dictionary:

1. Cockle

[n.]

- A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.
- A cockleshell.
- The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
- The fire chamber of a furnace.
- A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
- The dome of a heating furnace.
- A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
- The Lotium, or darnel.

2. Cockle

[v. t.]

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