conches

/หˆkษ’ntสƒษ™z/

IPA: /K AA1 N CH AH0 Z/

noun
  1. 1

    A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

  2. 2

    The shell of this sea animal.

  3. 3

    A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.

  4. 4

    The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

verb
  1. 1

    To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

  2. 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. 1

    A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.

    syn:conchconche
  2. 2

    A person who operates such a machine.

Synonyms

conchconche

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