conch

  1. Noun.  A marine mollusc of the family ''Strombidae'' which lives in its own spiral shell.
  2. Noun.  The shell of this sea animal.
  3. Noun.  A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell.
  4. Noun.  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.
  5. Verb.  To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
  6. Verb.  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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