conch
/kɒntʃ/
noun
- 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
The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
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.
noun
- 1
A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
- 2
A person who operates such a machine.
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