Conch

Alternative forms

 * conk

Noun

 * 1) A marine mollusc of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
 * 2) The shell of this sea animal.
 * 3) A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell.
 * 4) 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.

Verb

 * 1) To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
 * 2) To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.