Definitions for conches

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conches conch

Spelling: [kongk, konch]

IPA: /kɒŋk, kɒntʃ/

Conches is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in conches (ccehnos).

Definitions for conches

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 conches

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

Examples for conches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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