ALL meanings of conch
conch
C c - noun conch the shell of such a mollusc, used as a trumpet 3
- noun conch the large, spiral, univalve shell of any of various marine mollusks 3
- noun conch such a mollusk, often edible 3
- noun conch such a shell used as a trumpet by the Tritons 3
- noun conch concha (sense 1) 3
- noun conch a longtime resident of the Florida Keys, specif. of Key West 3
- countable noun conch A conch is a shellfish with a large shell rather like a snail's. A conch or a conch shell is the shell of this creature. 3
- noun conch any of various tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Strombus and related genera, esp S. gigas (giant conch), characterized by a large brightly coloured spiral shell 3
- noun conch shell of sea snail 1
- noun conch Conch is usually a neutral nickname or term of self-reference for any person living in the Florida Keys or the Bahamas, where conch (the flesh of the gastropod) is a popular food. However, the nickname conch is sometimes used with disparaging intent when specifically referring to a person of Bahamian ancestry living in the Florida Keys. And Loyalists who fled to the Bahamas during the Revolutionary War used the nickname conch to refer disparagingly to a native or early settler of the Bahamas. 1
- noun plural conch the spiral shell of a gastropod, often used as a horn. 1
- noun plural conch any of various marine gastropods. 1
- noun plural conch the fabled shell trumpet of the Tritons. 1
- noun plural conch (often initial capital letter) Slang: Sometimes Disparaging. a term used to refer to a native or inhabitant of the Florida Keys. a term used to refer to a Bahamian. 1
- noun plural conch Also, concha. Architecture. a smooth concave surface consisting of or resembling the interior of a semidome, as the surface of a vault, a trompe, or the head of a niche. 1
- noun conch A tropical marine mollusk with a spiral shell that may bear long projections and have a flared lip. 1
- noun conch A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. 0
- noun conch The shell of this sea animal. 0
- noun conch A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell. 0
- noun conch 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. 0
- verb conch To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers. 0
- verb conch To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral. 0