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1. conch
noun. ['ˈkɑːntʃ, ˈkɑːŋk'] any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip.
Etymology
- concha (Latin)
- κογχε (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
Rhymes with Conch
- montblanc
- kronk
- fronk
- cronk
- bronk
- bronc
- yonke
- wanke
- wank
- vonk
- shonk
- ronk
- kohnke
- honk
- conk
- bonk
How do you pronounce conch?
Pronounce conch as kɑŋk.
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Sentences with conch
1. Noun, singular or mass
Dip the conch in the egg wash and coat it on both sides with bread crumbs.
2. Adjective
The country's national food is conch, a mollusk with a chewy texture and fishy flavor.
Quotes about conch
1. I may be alive now, but in a series of moments I won’t be. And let it be said about me: He didn’t waste his time talking to conch shells, but he did listen to what they had to say about the ocean.
- Jarod Kintz, This is the story my great-grandfather told my father, who then told my grandfather, who then told me about how The Mythical Mr. Boo, Charles Manseur Fizzlebush Grissham III, better known as Mr. Fizzlebush, and Orafoura are all in fact me...
