clambake

3 definitions found

clambake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clambake \Clam"bake\, n.
     The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between
     layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an
     occasion.
     [1913 Webster]

clambake - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clambake
      n 1: a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other
           foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with
           seaweed

clambake - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "clambake":
     $100-a-plate dinner, TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast,
     brunch, buffet supper, campaign dinner, campaigning, coffee break,
     cookout, diner, dinner, electioneering, elevenses, fish fry,
     fund-raising dinner, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash,
     meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, politicking, rally,
     stumping, supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin,
     whistle-stopping, wiener roast, wienie roast