conch
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Synonyms: coach, cinch, cooch, couch, cronch, coch, cotch, corch, conce, conth, cunch
Antonyms: coach, cinch, cooch, couch, cronch, coch, cotch, corch, conce, conth, cunch
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Noun
- A marine [[gastropod]] of the family {{taxfmt|Strombidae|family}} which lives in its own spiral shell.
- The shell of this sea animal.
- A [[musical instrument]] made from a large spiral [[seashell]], somewhat like a [[trumpet]].
- {{lb|en|architecture}} The [[semidome]] of an [[apse]], or the apse itself.
- {{synonym of|en|concher|gloss=machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate}}.
Verb
- To [[refine]] the flavour and texture of [[chocolate]] by warming and grinding, either in a traditional [[concher]], or between [[roller]]s.
- To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
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