Definitions for conchs

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conchs conch

Spelling: [kongk, konch]

IPA: /kɒŋk, kɒntʃ/

Conchs is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in conchs (cchnos).

Definitions for conchs

noun

1. the spiral shell of a gastropod, often used as a horn.
2. any of various marine gastropods.
3. the fabled shell trumpet of the Tritons.
4. (often initial capital letter) Slang: Sometimes Disparaging. a term used to refer to a native or inhabitant of the Florida Keys. a term used to refer to a Bahamian.
5. Also, concha. Architecture. a smooth concave surface consisting of or resembling the interior of a semidome, as the surface of a vault, a trompe, or the head of a niche.

Origin of conchs

1350-1400; Middle English Latin concha Greek kónchē mussel, shell

Examples for conchs

But when it comes to eating a meal, all you know for sure is that it will be colorful, high-flavored, and conch in character.

It has been ground down and repolished, apparently, from the conch.

At conch, by this time, the mail-boat would be due on the southward trip.

By day, they snorkeled for conch and paddled in the pool in inner tubes.

A conch shell was kept at the spring, some distance from the house.

Among the effects placed in your sea chest you will find a conch shell.

They caught the Black Eagle at anchor in conch that evening.

No,” said Thérèse, from the conch, “I will go nowhere with you.

Paul started to his feet from the conch on which he had thrown himself.

All around her is a jubilant crescendo: conch shells blowing, drums beating, a celebratory vapor of green powder everywhere.