CONCHES
/หkษntสษz/
14
Scrabble
16
WWF
C(3) O(1) N(1) C(3) H(4) E(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/หkษntสษz/
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.
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.
noun
- A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
- A person who operates such a machine.
Source: Wiktionary
