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Conch
//ˈkɒnt͡ʃ// noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- 2 A British Bahamian. dated, ethnic, slur
- 3 any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip wordnet
- 4 The shell of this sea animal.
- 5 A British Bahamian.; A European caucasian Bahamian dated, ethnic, slur
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- 6 A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
- 7 A denizen of the Florida Keys slang
- 8 The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- 9 Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
Verb
- 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.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē). Doublet of concha.
Etymology 2
From Latin concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē). Doublet of concha.
Etymology 3
From conch * (Bahamas): in reference to the seafood that made up much of their diet.
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