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Substantiivi

1. A marine gastropod 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, somewhat like a trumpet.
4. (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

Verbi

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.