CLAMS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clams mean? 

• CLAMS (noun)
  The noun CLAMS has 1 sense:

1. informal terms for money

  Familiarity information: CLAMS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLAMS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

lolly; wampum; sugar; simoleons; shekels; scratch; pelf; moolah; lucre; loot; boodle; lettuce; kale; gelt; dough; dinero; clams; cabbage; bread

Hypernyms ("clams" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

 Context examples 

These bacteria play a crucial role in the clams' survival, while contributing to the overall health of the seagrasses in which the clams live.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

“How now, Sir Mayor? How of the clams and the scallops?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The hunters fell silent as clams.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

On Earth, worms and clams that live in the muddy sea beds require 1 mg per liter, bottom feeders such as crabs and oysters 3 mg per liter, and spawning migratory fish 6 mg per liter, all within 0.2 moles per cubic meter, 6.4 mg per liter.

(Simple animals could live in Martian brines, Wikinews)

There's not one of them who is not degrading, man and woman, all of them animated stomachs guided by the high intellectual and artistic impulses of clams—

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The researchers plan to conduct additional experiments to explore the genetic diversity of both the clams and the microbes.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

“Am I to be put off with words? I say to you again, how of the clams and scallops?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"This symbiotic process enables the clams and bacteria to live in environments that are not necessarily hospitable," said Clemson University biologist Barbara Campbell.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

“The clams and scallops shall be ready within the hour,” the mayor answered.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Normally, when seagrass decomposes, sulfide is produced and is toxic to clams.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)