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ch

/t͡ʃ/

ch is the abbreviation of chain.

ch is the abbreviation of channel.

ch is the abbreviation of chapter.

ch is the abbreviation of chestnut.

ch is the alternative form of I.

Meaning of chain

Noun

chain (plural chains)

  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
    • He wore a gold chain around the neck.
    Synonyms:
    string, rackle
    1. An accessory, adornment or insignia comprising, containing or depicting a series of links.
      • wallet chain
    2. A livery collar, a chain of office.
      • And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords
        And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat,
        Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue
        For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    3. (figuratively) That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
      • the chains of habit
    4. (plural, usually) A snow chain.
      • He put chains on my tires.
    5. A bicycle chain.
      • My bike needs a chain.

See all 40 meanings of chain

Meaning of channel

Noun

channel (plural channels)

  1. The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
    • The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.
  2. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
    • A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
  3. The navigable part of a river.
    • We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.
  4. A narrow body of water between two land masses.
    • The English Channel lies between France and England.
    Synonyms:
    passage
  5. Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
    • The news was conveyed to us by different channels.
  6. An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.

See all 28 meanings of channel

Noun capitalized: CH

CH (countable and uncountable, plural CHs)

  1. (Commonwealth, abbreviation, initialism, postpositional) Initialism of companion of honour.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of heavy cruiser.
  3. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cargo helicopter.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of continuum hypothesis.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cluster headache.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of central heating.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cerebellar hypoplasia.

Proper noun capitalized: CH

CH

  1. (Canada, abbreviation) Short for Montreal Canadiens.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Chandigarh: a union territory of India.

Forms of ch

Noun
pluralchs
pluralCHs
Pronoun
alternative formIche
alternative formche
alternative formich
alternative form'ch-
alternative formch-

Origin of ch

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.

Phrases with ch

Questions about ch

What is ch the abbreviation of?
Ch is the abbreviation of chain.
What part of speech is ch?
Ch can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ch?
Ch is pronounced /t͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of ch?
The plural of ch is chs.

Words near ch in the dictionary

  1. CGT
  2. CGTN
  3. CGWB
  4. CGY
  5. Cgy.
  6. ch
  7. CH activation
  8. CH activations
  9. Ch Insp
  10. Ch Supt
  11. Ch'ang Chiang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ch (page history and authors); CH (page history and authors); chain (page history and authors); channel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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