Associations to the word «Conch»

Wiktionary

CONCH, noun. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
CONCH, noun. The shell of this sea animal.
CONCH, noun. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell.
CONCH, noun. 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.
CONCH, verb. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
CONCH, verb. To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Dictionary definition

CONCH, noun. Any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip.

Wise words

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