I held the conch to my ear and heard the ocean inside.
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Conch
//ˈkɒnt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "conch" (14 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 24 languages.
Bhojpuri
1 entries- शंख noun (marine mollusc)
Catalan
2 entries- carculla noun (shell of this sea animal)
- conquilla noun (shell of this sea animal)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 螺貝 /螺贝 noun (shell of this sea animal)
Finnish
2 entries- siipikotilo noun (marine mollusc)
- siipikotilon kuori noun (shell of this sea animal)
French
2 entries- conque noun (marine mollusc)
- conque noun (shell of this sea animal)
Galician
4 entries- apupo noun (musical instrument)
- bucina noun (musical instrument)
- buguina noun (marine mollusc)
- buguina noun (shell of this sea animal)
German
3 entries- Meeresschnecke noun (marine mollusc)
- Muschel noun (marine mollusc)
- conchieren verb (to refine the flavour of chocolate)
Hindi
2 entries- शंख noun (marine mollusc)
- शंख noun (shell of this sea animal)
Hungarian
2 entries- kagyló noun (marine mollusc)
- kagylóhéj noun (shell of this sea animal)
Icelandic
1 entries- kuðungur noun (marine mollusc)
Irish
3 entries- sliogán noun (marine mollusc)
- sliogán noun (shell of this sea animal)
- trumpa sliogáin noun (marine mollusc)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- kónxa noun (shell of this sea animal)
Korean
2 entries- 고둥 noun (marine mollusc)
- 조가비 noun (shell of this sea animal)
Maguindanao
1 entries- tambuli noun (musical instrument)
Malayalam
3 entries- ശംഖ് noun (marine mollusc)
- ശംഖ് noun (shell of this sea animal)
- ശംഖ് noun (musical instrument)
Maranao
1 entries- tamboli' noun (marine mollusc)
Māori
4 entries- potipoti noun (musical instrument)
- pūmoana noun (musical instrument)
- pūpakapaka noun (musical instrument)
- pūtoto noun (musical instrument)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوق noun (musical instrument)
Portuguese
2 entries- búzio noun (marine mollusc)
- búzio noun (shell of this sea animal)
Russian
1 entries- ра́ковина noun (shell of this sea animal)
Spanish
4 entries- bocina noun (musical instrument)
- caracola noun (marine mollusc)
- caracola noun (shell of this sea animal)
- concha noun (shell of this sea animal)
Tamil
3 entries- சங்கு noun (marine mollusc)
- சங்கு noun (shell of this sea animal)
- சங்கு noun (musical instrument)
Telugu
1 entries- శంఖము noun (shell of this sea animal)
Turkish
1 entries- deniz kabuğu noun (shell of this sea animal)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The next morning broke silently, and with the rising of the sun the plantation bell or the conch called the bondman and bondwoman into the cane-fields.
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