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conch
/kɑntʃ/
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Conch can end with n plus ch or with ng plus k. Both pronunciations have one syllable; listen for which ending the speaker uses.
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“She held a conch shell to her ear.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does conch mean?
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.
More meanings (7)
noun
- The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
- (slang) A denizen of the Florida Keys
- (dated) A British Bahamian.
- (dated) A European caucasian Bahamian
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.
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IPA pronunciation
/kɑntʃ/
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At that instant, however, the blast of a fish-dealer’s conch was heard, announcing his approach along the street.
The sharp bark of the monkey mingled with the bray of the conch.
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The door was open behind them, held back by a big pink conch shell with hints of sea sunsets in its smooth inner convolutions.
At the bottom of the stairs lay a big pink conch shell amid the fragments of what had been Miss Barry’s platter; and at the top of the stairs knelt a terrified Davy, gazing down with wide-open eyes at the havoc.
If the conch is torn out, there is nothing remaining to retain the skin round the auricular opening: it may be torn within the auditory canal, and as that is otherwise very extensible in the dog, it is prolonged above the opening, which may then probably be closed by a cicatrix.