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Plural of conch

regular plural

The plural of conch is conchs.

Forms of conch

Singularconch /ˈkɒŋk/
Pluralconchs /kɒŋks/
Countablecountable

Less standard forms: conches (proscribed).

Conchs in a sentence

  • Lituiticonic uncoiling of nautiloid conchs foreshadows much more extensive development of a similar trend among some Cretaceous ammonoids.1960, William Heyden Easton, Invertebrate Paleontology. From the entry lituiticonic

Meaning of conch

  1. noun A marine gastropod 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, somewhat like a trumpet.

Full definition of conch

Questions about the plural of conch

What is the plural of conch?
The plural of conch is conchs.
Is conch countable?
Conch is a countable noun.
Is conches correct?
conches is marked proscribed in Wiktionary. The usual plural of conch is conchs.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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