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Webster 1913 Edition
Conch
1.
(Zool.)
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus
Strombus
, which are of large size. Strombus gigas
is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis
. See Cameo
and cameo conch
. ☞ The
conch
is sometimes used as a horn or trumpet, as in fogs at sea, or to call laborers from work. 2.
In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
3.
[often capitalized]
One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; – so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.
5.
The external ear. See , 2.
Concha
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conch
CONCH
,Noun.
Adds orient pearls, which from the conchs he drew.
Definition 2024
conch
conch
English
conch
Alternative forms
Noun
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.
- 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.
Related terms
Translations
marine mollusc
shell of this sea animal
machine
Verb
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.
Translations
to refine the flavour of chocolate
to play a conch seashell