单词 | culch |
释义 | culchor cultch[ kuhlch ] / kʌltʃ / nounthe stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters. the spawn of oysters. Also sculch, scultch [skuhlch] /skʌltʃ/ .Eastern New England. rubbish; refuse: The attic has been a convenient depository for more than 80 years of culch. verb (used with object)to prepare (an oyster bed) with culch. Origin of culchFirst recorded in 1660–70; perhaps metathetic variant of clutch2; but note Old French culche couch Words nearby culchcuj., cuke, Cukor, CUL8R, Culbertson, culch, culchie, cul-de-sac, culdocentesis, culdoplasty, culdoscope Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for culch
British Dictionary definitions for culchculch cultch/ (kʌltʃ) / nouna mass of broken stones, shells, and gravel that forms the basis of an oyster bed the oyster spawn attached to such a structure dialect refuse; rubbish Word Origin for culchC17: perhaps ultimately from Old French culche bed, couch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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