chank
1 of 2verb
ˈchaŋk,
-ȯ-,
-ä-
-ed/-ing/-s
dialectal
: chew noisily : champ
chank
2 of 2noun
ˈchaŋk
variants or less commonly chank shell
plural -s
: any of a family (Xancidae) of tropical heavy-shelled pear-shaped gastropod mollusks
especially : a species of the Indian Ocean (Turbinella pyrum synonym Xancus pyrum) commonly appearing in Hindu religious pictures and writings
Word History
Etymology
Verb
probably alteration of champ entry 1
Noun
Sanskrit śaṅkha
- sternlier
- sternliest
- sternly
- sternman
- sternmen
- sternmost
- sternness
- sternnesses
- sterno-
- sternocleidomastoid
- sternocleidomastoid muscle
- sternocleidomastoides
- sternocleidomastoids
- sternocostal
- sternofaciales
- sternofacialis
- sternomastoid
- sternomastoid muscle
- sternos
- sternoscapular
- sternotheri
- Sternotherus
- sternotheruses
- sternotherusses
- sternotribe