Word: clamshell
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: clam
shell
Definition: In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with take-out food.
Morphemes:
Affix: clam
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: clammen
Language: enm
Decoded: clammen
Meaning: to smear, bedaub
Affix: shell
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The covering, or outside part, of a nut.