ambatch
noun
am·batch
variants or less commonly ambach
ˈamˌbach
plural -es
: a rapidly growing thorny tree (Aeschynomene elaphroxylon) of the Nile valley valued for its white pithlike wood
Word History
Etymology
probably of Ethiopic origin; akin to Tigrinya ambasha, ambatcha, Amharic ambatcho, names of various plants
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above
- square dance
- square dancer
- square dances
- square dancing
- square deal
- square drift
- square edge and sound
- square engine
- square foot
- square frame
- square furlong
- square gait
- square Hebrew
- square inch
- square it with
- square john
- square joint
- square kilometer
- square knot
- square knotting
- square league
- square leg
- square letter
- square mark
- square matrix