clamshell
the shell of a clam.
an object that has two hinged parts and that opens and closes like a clamshell, as a laptop computer or a box with a cover joined on one side: This clamshell is lightweight, convenient, and as powerful as my desktop computer.
Machinery.
Also called clamshell bucket . a dredging bucket opening at the bottom, consisting of two similar pieces hinged together at the top.
a machine equipped with such a bucket.
Printing. a platen press.
of or noting an object that opens and closes like a clamshell: a clamshell phone; clamshell packaging.
Origin of clamshell
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How to use clamshell in a sentence
Then I saw that the two halves of the clam-shell bucket were slightly open, just wide enough to let me squeeze in.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndePewter spoons bent and broke, and a substitute, at least in the Connecticut Valley, was a small clam-shell set in a cleft stick.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson MooreIf he went divin' for pearls in three feet o' water he'd bring up a clam shell.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneBut soon another crab came up, and tried to snatch away the clam shell.
I busted one egg with my clam-shell shovel, Freddie was saying, but theres a lot left.
The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea | Laura Lee Hope
British Dictionary definitions for clamshell
/ (ˈklæmˌʃɛl) /
mainly US a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
aeronautics
an aircraft cockpit canopy hinged at the front and rear
the hinged door of a cargo aircraft
another name for eyelid (def. 2)
any of a variety of objects hinged like the shell of a clam, such as a container for takeaway food, a portable computer, etc
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