Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

warming the cockles of someone's heart

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
warm-ing the -cock-les of -some-one's -heart
IPA
57
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
7
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of warm the cockles of someone's heart

Questions

What does warming the cockles of someone's heart mean?
present participle and gerund of warm the cockles of someone's heart

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