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croche

croche noun: a little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the predevelopmental stage of the antler.

Noun

croche (plural croches)

  1. (obsolete) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the predevelopmental stage of the antler.

Forms of croche

pluralcroches

Origin of croche

Borrowed from Middle French croche, equivalent to English crochet (“hook”), croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Questions about croche

What does croche mean?
Croche means a little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the predevelopmental stage of the antler.
What part of speech is croche?
Croche is a noun.
What is the plural of croche?
The plural of croche is croches.

Words near croche in the dictionary

  1. croceous
  2. Croces
  3. crocetin
  4. crocetins
  5. crocetinsemialdehyde
  6. croche
  7. croches
  8. crochet
  9. crochet hook
  10. crochet hooks
  11. crochetage

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