littleneck

Questions about littleneck

What does littleneck mean?

littleneck means "a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in littleneck?

littleneck has 3 syllables: litt-le-neck. The stress falls on "litt".

What is another word for littleneck?

Close synonyms include littleneck clam, littleneck clam. 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 littleneck a common word?

littleneck 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.