conch

Meanings

Noun

• A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae 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.
• The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
• Synonym of concher

Verb

• To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
• To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Origin

• From Latin concha. concha.