CH

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of companion of honour.
  2. Abbreviation of heavy cruiser.
  3. Initialism of cargo helicopter.
  4. Initialism of continuum hypothesis.
  5. Initialism of cluster headache.
  6. Initialism of central heating.
  7. Initialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic.
name
  1. Short for Montreal Canadiens.
  2. Abbreviation of Chandigarh: a union territory of India.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of chain (“a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards”).
  2. Abbreviation of chain (stitch)
  3. Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television.
  4. Abbreviation of chapter (“main section of a book”).
  5. Abbreviation of chestnut (“a dark reddish-brown colored horse”).
verb
  1. Abbreviation of chain.
pron
  1. Alternative form of I.
symbol
  1. An orthographic ⟨ch⟩ that represents the consonant /k/, as in the word "character".

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃ/

Word forms

CH CHs

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.

Related words

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