Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗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 marine gastropod 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, somewhat like a trumpet. · The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
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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- Doublet mentionconchaen
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