Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conch

/ˈkɑŋk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: conch
IPA: /ˈkɑŋk/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

noun

The shell of this sea animal.

noun

A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.

noun

The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

noun

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

verb

To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

verb

To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

noun

A British Bahamian.

Dated

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē)bor. Latin conchabor. English conch Borrowed from Latin concha, borrowed from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”). Doublet of concha.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑŋk/
British English: /ˈkɒŋk/

Usage

Dated
Slang

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

conchs (plural) conches (plural, proscribed) conk (alternative) conque (alternative) conches (present, singular) conching (participle, present) conched (participle, past) conched (past) Conches (plural)

Derived Forms

conchiform conchite conchology conchometry conker deuteroconch macroconch microconch nucleoconch protoconch teleoconch

Phrases

Bubonian conch cameo conch Eastern Pacific giant conch Florida horse conch line conch queen conch

Frequently Paired Words

congius

Synonyms

concher

Rhymes With

clonch mont blanc honk tonk bonk donk plonk bronc conk zonk gonk squonk

Questions

How do you pronounce conch?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑŋk/.
What does conch mean?: A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
Where does conch come from?: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē)bor. Latin conchabor. English conch Borrowed from Latin concha, borrowed from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”). Doublet of concha.

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