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conch

Noun

∙ 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.
∙ A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to develop the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding; a concher or concher machine.

Verb

∙ 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.

BABYLON ENGLISH
conch n.
large sea shell

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
conch

cameo conch
line conch
queen conch
trumpet conch
king conch
horse conch

WORDNET 2.0
conch
Noun
1. any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
(hypernym) gastropod, univalve
(hyponym) giant conch, Strombus gigas
(member-holonym) Strombus, genus Strombus

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Conch
Conch ( or sometimes ) is a common name that is applied to a number of different medium to large-sized sea snails or their shells. The term generally applies to large snails whose shell has a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends).
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

conch

Noun

∙ 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.
∙ A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to develop the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding; a concher or concher machine.

Verb

∙ 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.

BABYLON ENGLISH
conch n.
large sea shell

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
conch

cameo conch
line conch
queen conch
trumpet conch
king conch
horse conch

WORDNET 2.0
conch
Noun
1. any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
(hypernym) gastropod, univalve
(hyponym) giant conch, Strombus gigas
(member-holonym) Strombus, genus Strombus

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Conch
Conch ( or sometimes ) is a common name that is applied to a number of different medium to large-sized sea snails or their shells. The term generally applies to large snails whose shell has a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends).
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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