Conch
WordNet

noun


(1)   Any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. A marine mollusc 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.
  4. A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to develop the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding; a concher or concher machine.

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.
 
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