Usually means: Hinged container opening with two halves.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word clamshell:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. clamshell: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. clamshell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clamshell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clamshell: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clamshell: Vocabulary.com
  6. Clamshell, clamshell: Wordnik
  7. clamshell: Wiktionary
  8. clamshell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. clamshell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. clamshell: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. clamshell: Dictionary.com
  12. Clamshell (container), Clamshell (disambiguation), Clamshell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. clamshell: Rhymezone
  14. clamshell: Free Dictionary
  15. clamshell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. clamshell: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Banjo Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. clamshell: CCI Computer
  2. Webopedia (No longer online)
  3. clamshell: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Clamshell: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See clamshelling as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (clamshell)

noun:  The shell of a clam.
noun:  Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
noun:  A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
noun:  In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with takeout food.
noun:  (obsolete, US, slang) mouth
noun:  (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
noun:  (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
verb:  (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
verb:  To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
verb:  To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.

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