Ch

//t͡ʃ// name, noun, pron, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of companion of honour. Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, postpositional, uncountable
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of chain (“a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of heavy cruiser. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of chain (stitch) abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of cargo helicopter. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "5.1 ch surround sound"

  2. 7
    Initialism of continuum hypothesis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Abbreviation of chapter (“main section of a book”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.)."

  4. 9
    Initialism of cluster headache. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of chestnut (“a dark reddish-brown colored horse”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "NAME OF HORSE (COLOR, SEX, YEAR BORN) Secretariat (ch.s. 1970)"

  6. 11
    Initialism of central heating. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    Initialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of chain. abbreviation, alt-of

    "Ch 4, sl st to 1st sl st to close."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of I. alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Short for Montreal Canadiens. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Chandigarh: a union territory of India. abbreviation, alt-of

Synonyms

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continuum hypothesiscontinuum hypothesisired cunt hair

Example

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"2ch, where there are many posts praising specific companies, or, conversely, denigrating their rivals."

Etymology

Apheretic form of ich or utch, ultimately from Old English iċ (“I”). Compare Dutch 'k, an apheretic variant of ik (“I”). More at ich, I.

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