cultch

culch

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kuhlch]
- /kʌltʃ/
- /kˈʌlttʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuhlch]
- /kʌltʃ/

Definitions of cultch word

noun cultch old shells, stones, etc., forming a spawning bed for oysters 3
noun cultch rubbish 3
noun cultch the stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters. 1
noun cultch the spawn of oysters. 1
noun cultch Also, sculch, scultch. Eastern New England. rubbish; refuse. 1
verb with object cultch to prepare (an oyster bed) with culch. 1

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Origin of cultch

First appearance:

before 1660

One of the 46% oldest English words

1660-70; perhaps metathetic variant of clutch2; but note Old French culche couch

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Parts of speech for Cultch

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Cultch

cultch popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

cultch usage trend in Literature

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