The shell of this sea animal.
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.
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.
A bight on a lee shore.
An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
A small, isolated group or area.
The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
The pouch of an animal.
A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
To put (something) into a pocket.
To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
Referring to the two initial hole cards.
Smaller or more compact than usual.
Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.