'Whelk' definitions:
Definition of 'whelk'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large marine snail much used as food in Europe
noun
Large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
verb
Gather whelk
Definition of 'Whelk'
From: GCIDE
- Whelk \Whelk\, n. [OE. whelke, dim. of whele. See Wheal a pustule.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A papule; a pustule; acne. "His whelks white." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. [1913 Webster]
- Chin whelk (Med.), sycosis.
- Rosy whelk (Med.), grog blossom. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Whelk'
From: GCIDE
- Whelk \Whelk\ (hw[e^]lk), n. [OE. welk, wilk, AS. weoloc, weloc, wiloc. Cf. Whilk, and Wilk.] (Zool.) Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, {Buccinum undatum}, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe. [1913 Webster]
- Whelk tingle, a dog whelk. See under Dog. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whelk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscess,
- aposteme,
- bed sore,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blue point,
- boil,
- bubo,
- bulla,
- bunion,
- canker,
- canker sore,
- carbuncle,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- chilblain,
- clam,
- cold sore,
- coquillage,
- crab,
- crawdad,
- crawfish,
- crayfish,
- Dungeness crab,
- eschar,
- felon,
- fester,
- festering,
- fever blister,
- fistula,
- furuncle,
- furunculus,
- gathering,
- gumboil,
- hemorrhoids,
- Japanese crab,
- kibe,
- langouste,
- lesion,
- limpet,
- littleneck clam,
- lobster,
- mussel,
- oyster,
- papula,
- papule,
- paronychia,
- parulis,
- periwinkle,
- petechia,
- piles,
- pimple,
- pock,
- polyp,
- prawn,
- pustule,
- quahog,
- rising,
- scab,
- scallop,
- shellfish,
- shrimp,
- snail,
- soft chancre,
- soft-shell crab,
- sore,
- steamer,
- stigma,
- sty,
- suppuration,
- swelling,
- tubercle,
- ulcer,
- ulceration,
- wale,
- weal,
- welt,
- wheal,
- whelp,
- whitlow,
- wound