mussel
noun /ˈmʌsl/
/ˈmʌsl/
- enlarge imagea small shellfish that can be eaten, with a black shell in two partsHomophones muscle | musselmuscle musselTopics Fish and shellfishc1/ˈmʌsl//ˈmʌsl/
- muscle noun
- You should stretch before exercise to avoid muscle injuries.
- muscle verb
- Don't let that bully muscle in on your success!
- mussel noun
- Grandad's mussel linguine recipe was absolutely mouth-watering.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMussel is used before these nouns:- shell
Word OriginOld English mus(c)le, superseded by forms from Middle Low German mussel, Middle Dutch mosscele; ultimately from late Latin muscula, from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus ‘mouse’ (some muscles being thought to be mouse-like in form). - muscle noun