A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
The shell of this sea animal.
Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”)
The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
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.
Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.