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Definition conch

Etymology

From Latin concha, from Ancient Greek ????? (kónkh?, “mussel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kong?- (“shell, mussel”).

Noun

conch (plural conches or conchs)

1. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
2. The shell of this sea animal.
3. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
4. (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
5. Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”)

Verb

conch (third-person singular simple present conches, present participle conching, simple past and past participle conched)

1. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
2. 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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