conch
See also: Conch
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Etymology edit
From Latin concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē). Doublet of concha.
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Noun edit
conch (plural conches or conchs)
- A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- The shell of this sea animal.
- A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
- (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”)
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marine mollusc
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shell of this sea animal
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musical instrument
machine — see concher
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Verb edit
conch (third-person singular simple present conches, present participle conching, simple past and past participle conched)
- To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
- To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
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to refine the flavour of chocolate
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to play a conch seashell