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Pronunciation
IPA|/k�nk/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nk|-�nk
IPA|/k�nt�/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nt�|-�nt�

Noun
en-noun|conches|pl2=conchs

1. A marine mollusc of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
2. The shell of this sea animal.
3. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell.
4. 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.

Translations
trans-top|a marine mollusc
Hungarian: t|hu|kagyló
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trans-top|the shell of this sea animal
Hungarian: t|hu|kagylóhéj
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trans-top|a musical instrument
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trans-top|a machine
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ttbc|Interlingua: concha
ttbc|Malayalam: ശ��� (Samkhu) (4)
ttbc|Spanish: concha
ttbc|Volapük: koan
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Verb
en-verb|conches|conching|conched

1. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
2. To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Translations
trans-top|to refine the flavour of chocolate
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trans-top|to play a conch seashell
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Category:Mollusks

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• 2007-12-29 20:04 - Panda10 - /* English */ added hu, trans tables, checktrans

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