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Conch Common

Conch has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip

2

A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

3

A British Bahamian.

Verb
1

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
gastropod
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
giant conch

Origin

The word comes from the Latin concha, which was borrowed from the Ancient Greek kónkhē. It originally referred to a shell or a hollow object resembling one.

Rhyming Words
inch unch bench lynch sinch lunch minch rench winch tench runch kench hunch hench sench cinch hinch punch dench synch
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