conch

/ˈkɒŋk/US/ˈkɑŋk/

conch noun: a marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

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Noun (1)

conch (plural conchs or conches (sometimes proscribed))

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.
Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).

Synonyms:

concher

Verb

conch (third-person singular simple present conches, present participle conching, simple past and past participle conched)

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 (2) capitalized: Conch

Conch (plural Conchs or Conches)

(dated, ethnic, slur) A British Bahamian.
1. (dated, ethnic, slur) A European caucasian Bahamian
(slang) A denizen of the Florida Keys

conch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

conch in Hindi

marine mollusc: शंख śaṅkh
shell of this sea animal: शंख śaṅkh

conch in Tamil

marine mollusc: சங்கு caṅku
shell of this sea animal: சங்கு caṅku
musical instrument: சங்கு caṅku

conch in Urdu

سنکھ

conch in Bengali

conch: শাঁখ śãkh, অব্জ objo

More languagesFewer languages

conch in Telugu: శంఖము śaṅkhamu
conch in Malayalam: ശംഖ് śaṅkhŭ
conch in Kannada: ಮಳಿ, ಚಿಪ್ಪುಮೀನು, ಶಂಖ, ಒಂದು ಮೃದ್ವಂಗಿಯ ಹೊರಚಿಪ್ಪು
conch in Punjabi: ਨਾਦ nād
conch in Gujarati: શંખ śaṅkh
conch in Sanskrit: अब्ज abja, कम्बु kambu
conch in Sinhala: සක saka

Synonyms of conch

concher

Forms of conch

Noun
plural	conchs
plural proscribed sometimes	conches
alternative form	conk
alternative form	conque
plural	Conchs
plural	Conches
Verb
third-person singular present	conches
present participle	conching
past participle	conched
past	conched

Plural of conch: conchs

Origin of conch

Borrowed from Latin concha, borrowed from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”). Doublet of concha.

From conch * (Bahamas): in reference to the seafood that made up much of their diet.

Words formed from conch

Words that rhyme with conch

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Questions about conch

What does conch mean?: Conch means a marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
What is conch in Hindi?: Conch in Hindi is शंख (śaṅkh). See Conch meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is conch?: Conch can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce conch?: Conch is pronounced /ˈkɒŋk/ (UK).
What is the plural of conch?: The plural of conch is conchs.

Words near conch in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: conch (page history and authors); Conch (page history and authors); conch (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অব্জ (Bengali) (page history and authors); conch (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਾਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); શંખ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); अब्ज (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); සක (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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