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
- A marine mollusc 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.
- 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
- 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.