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clambake

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈklæmˌbeɪk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Informal, makeshift, sloppy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

  • 2004, New Yorker, 9-16 August not in their Ivy privilege or clambake geography

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-England

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: California, Northwestern, US, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hotbox

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A meeting of predominantly females.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, vulgar

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: taco fest

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: California, Northwestern, US, intransitive, slang

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: California, Northwestern, US, slang, transitive

Examples

  • We clambaked the car last night!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cookout

History

Etymology

From clam + bake.