Definition of Conching

1. Verb. (present participle of conch) ¹

2. Noun. A process in the manufacture of chocolate in which the flavour and texture is refined by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher or between rollers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conching

1. conche [v] - See also: conche

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conching

conchas
conchate
conche
conched
concher
conchers
conches
conchfish
conchie
conchies
conchifer
conchiferous
conchiform
conchifragous
conchiglie
conching (current term)
conchinine
conchiolin
conchite
conchites
conchitic
concho
conchoid
conchoidal
conchoidal bodies
conchoidally
conchoids
conchological
conchologies
conchologist

Literary usage of Conching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Surgery by Astley Cooper, Joseph Henry Green, Thomas Castle (1831)
"... he placed in the same position as for conching; children are hetter placed in the ... either in the same way as in the operation for conching, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1842)
"A conching lion and a ramping cat, And such a deal of skimble-skamble stuff, As pats me from my faith. ..."

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