conch vs seashell

conch

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

seashell

noun
  • The empty shell of a marine mollusk. 

  • A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells. 

adj
  • Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashell. 

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