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churchkey

churchkey is the alternative spelling of church key.

Meaning of church key

Noun

church key (plural church keys)

  1. An opener, typically with both can opener and bottle opener features, having a triangular tip that pierces the can.
    • Nobody was killed, but a guy from the rival gang was supposed to have had his eyes popped out with a church key.2008, Ted J. Gouin, Coco Colored Boy, page 36
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see church, key.

Forms of churchkey

pluralchurchkeys

Questions about churchkey

What is churchkey the alternative spelling of?
Churchkey is the alternative spelling of church key.

Words near churchkey in the dictionary

  1. churchish
  2. churchism
  3. churchisms
  4. churchite
  5. churchites
  6. churchkey
  7. churchkeys
  8. churchkhela
  9. churchkhelas
  10. churchless
  11. churchlessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: churchkey (page history and authors); church key (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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