Meaning & use

conch

noun·Advanced

A large sea snail with a spiral shell, or the shell itself, sometimes used as a horn.

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He found a pink conch shell washed up on the beach after the storm.

The islanders blew a conch to signal that the fishing boats had returned.

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The word is pronounced "konk" in most everyday speech, not as it is spelled.

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