English noun: whelk | |||
1. | whelk (food) large marine snail much used as food in Europe | ||
Broader (hypernym) | seafood | ||
Substance meronym | whelk | ||
2. | whelk (animal) large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell | ||
Broader (hypernym) | seasnail | ||
Member meronym | Buccinidae, family Buccinidae | ||
Substance holonym | whelk | ||
English verb: whelk | |||
1. | whelk (competition) gather whelk | ||
Examples | In the summer they like to go out and whelk | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | snail | ||