conch
noun /kɒntʃ/
/kɑːntʃ/
- the shell of a sea creature that is also called a conchOxford Collocations DictionaryConch is used before these nouns:
- shell
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin concha ‘shellfish, shell’, from Greek konkhē ‘mussel, cockle, or shell-like cavity’.