Clams vs. Clamp: What's the Difference?

Any of various usually burrowing marine and freshwater bivalve mollusks chiefly of the subclass Heterodonta, including members of the families Veneridae and Myidae, many of which are edible.

Any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts.

The soft edible body of such a mollusk.

Any of various tools with opposing, often adjustable sides or parts for bracing objects or holding them together.

(Informal) A close-mouthed person, especially one who can keep a secret.

To fasten, grip, or support with or as if with a clamp.

(Slang) A dollar

To establish by authority; impose

A clamp or vise.

A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.

To hunt for clams.

(medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.

Plural of clam

(UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.

Informal terms for money

A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.

A pile of agricultural produce such as root vegetables or silage stored under a layer of earth or an airtight sheet.

A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.

(electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.

(dated) A heavy footstep; a tramp.

To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.

(transitive) To hold or grip tightly.

(transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.

To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.

(transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.

A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.

A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.

A mollusk. See Clam.

A heavy footstep; a tramp.

To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

To cover, as vegetables, with earth.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

Fasten or fix with a clamp;

Impose or inflict forcefully;