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noun (conches, pl2=conchs)
- A marine mollusc of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- The shell of this sea animal.
- A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell.
- 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: verb (conches, conching, conched)
- 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.
Translations: (trans-top, to refine the flavour of chocolate)
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(trans-top, to play a conch seashell)
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