CONCH
What does "CONCH" mean?
A large marine snail with a spiral shell, or the shell itself.
Meanings
- A large sea snail with a heavy spiral shell, or its shell, sometimes blown as a horn. He lifted the conch to his lips and blew a long, low note.
Did you know?
- In William Golding's 1954 novel 'Lord of the Flies,' a single conch shell becomes the symbol of order and the right to speak - and the boys' descent is marked when it finally shatters.
Word origin
From Greek 'konkhe' (shell, mussel), via Latin 'concha'; the same root underlies 'conch' and the anatomical 'concha' of the ear.
Remember it
CONCH ends in 'CH' like the 'ch' you hear when you say it - and you can blow a conch to make a sound.
A little poem
Hold it to your ear -
not the sea, but your own blood
circling the spiral.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the conch get elected leader? Whoever held it got to speak - it really knew how to command a shell-ter.
What it teaches
What you hear in a shell is your own pulse - sometimes the ocean is just attention turned inward.
Quick facts
What does CONCH mean?
A large marine snail with a spiral shell, or the shell itself.
Is CONCH a valid word?
Yes — CONCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CONCH?
CONCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CONCH come from?
From Greek 'konkhe' (shell, mussel), via Latin 'concha'; the same root underlies 'conch' and the anatomical 'concha' of the ear.
What can CONCH teach us?
What you hear in a shell is your own pulse - sometimes the ocean is just attention turned inward.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.