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clambake definition

☆ clam·bake (klam′bāk′)

noun

  1. a feast or picnic, originally at the seashore, at which clams are steamed or baked with lobster, chicken, corn, etc., originally on heated stones under a covering of seaweed
  2. the food so prepared
  3. Informal any large, noisy social gathering

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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