cockle

Converse of object

• warm: Here's a story to warm the cockles of your heart, Scully.
• gather: Larger hand gathered cockles attract higher prices ( £ 400 - £ 1000 / t ).
• pick: The group of 16 Chinese men are believed to have been heading to Morecambe Bay to pick cockles.
• remove: Using a teaspoon, remove the cockles from the shell and set aside.
• collect: The islanders go out collecting cockles from the wet sand.
• take: It was not contested that BP had taken the cockles and so this constituted a technical defense.

Adjective modifier

• undersized: Interviewed under caution BP expressed surprise at the presence of undersized cockle.
• live: Test samples of live cockles, previously taken once a month, are now taken each week from the beds.
• fresh: Cooked fresh cockles have a flavor quite unlike those which have been doused in vinegar - a real taste of the sea.

Modifies a noun

• picker: The tragic deaths of the Chinese cockle pickers have shed light on a dark corner our economy.
• gatherer: Court April 05 Fishing vessel owner and skipper Undersized lobsters 9/12/04 Cardiff court 25 May Licensed cockle gatherer Unauthorized vehicle on Three Rivers area.
• fishery: Elsewhere the Officers ' reports show the nature of the cockle fishery in the Three Rivers.
• shell: On the way, Melanie collected cockle shells to send to their father in prison.
• gathering: Under caution Harding denied any involvement with illegal cockle gathering.
• bed: The Three Rivers cockle beds remain closed to gathering on stock management grounds.

Noun used with modifier

• corn: We are working to bring back the skylark, lapwing and corn cockle.
• harvesting: This increase was attributable to the deaths of 21 migrant workers who drowned while harvesting cockles at Morecambe Bay in February this year.
• lagoon: Lagoon Cockles have byssus threads and I found juveniles often attached to seaweeds and other substrates.

Preposition: of

• heart: There are are some real heart wrenching moments, but also some which really warm the cockles of the heart.