hard-shell clam

Questions about hard-shell clam

What does hard-shell clam mean?

hard-shell clam means "Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hard-shell clam?

Close synonyms include quahaug, quahog, round clam, quahog, quahaug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hard-shell clam a common word?

hard-shell clam is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.