keech
/kiːt͡ʃ/
keech noun: a mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
Noun
keech (plural keeches)
- A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
- I wonder
That such a keech can with his very bulk
Take up the rays o' th' beneficial sun,
And keep it from the earth.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)... - I observed them [natives of British Columbia] on another occasion content with merely warming keeches of raw and solid flesh under their naked armpits.1889, Heywood Walter Seton-Karr, Ten Years' Wild Sports in Foreign Lands: Or, Travels in the Eighties
- I wonder
Proper noun capitalized: Keech
Keech (plural Keeches)
- A surname.
Forms of keech
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | keeches |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Keeches |
Origin of keech
Compare dialectal English keech (“cake”), perhaps ultimately a back-formation from Middle English kechel (“small cake”).
Questions about keech
- What does keech mean?
- Keech means a mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
- What part of speech is keech?
- Keech can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce keech?
- Keech is pronounced /kiːt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of keech?
- The plural of keech is keeches.
Words near keech in the dictionary
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