conch
Example Sentences
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Chipped conch shells and scattered bone whistles point to a musical ambience.
Hold a conch shell up to your ear and you can hear the sound of the sea.
Signs assembled from vehicle tires line a dusty pedestrian route from the paved road to her gas station — a cleverly suggestive Shell station, apparently, given the chrome conches adorning the pump handles.
From Los Angeles Times
Protesters blew conch shells - the sound is considered auspicious.
From BBC
The race starts any time from midnight to noon on race day, with one hour till race start signalled by blowing a conch.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
