1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness 
2. [US] A piece of paper money worth one dollar
   - dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck 
3. Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

1. Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

Derived forms: clams, clammed, clamming

Type of: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill [N. Amer], bivalve, collect, Federal Reserve note [US], garner, gather, government note [US], greenback [US], lamellibranch, note, pelecypod, pull together, shellfish

Encyclopedia: Clam Clam, Charente-Maritime Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie

• rust-coloured
• rust-free
• rust-red
• rust-resistant
• Rustbelt
• rusted
• rustic
• rusticate
• rustication
• rusticism
• rusticity
• rustily
• rustiness
• rusting
• rustle
• rustler
• rustless
• rustling
• rustproof
• rustproofed
• rusty
• rusty blackbird
• rusty grackle
• rusty rig
• rusty woodsia