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# conch

«conch» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large spiral sea shell** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (conch, conches or conchs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large spiral sea shell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conch/#m1)

2) A horn made from such a shell, blown to make a loud call or sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conch/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a conch is blown to call people, to frighten away danger, or to bring luck

### examples

- He seized the conch and blew it loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conch/#x1)
- The villagers blew the conches to call everyone to the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conch/#x2)
- The sound of the conch rolled over the bay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conch/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.