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clam

Pronunciation: /klɑːm/

“clam” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mud
  2. bond, fetter, grip, grasp

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klaim (“mortar, clay”).

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