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panch

/pæntʃ/

panch is the alternative form of paunch.

Meaning of paunch

Noun

paunch (plural paunches)

  1. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
  2. The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
  3. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
    • See also: pooch
    Synonyms:
    potbelly
  4. A paunch mat.
  5. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

See all 6 meanings of paunch

Forms of panch

pluralpanches

Questions about panch

What is panch the alternative form of?
Panch is the alternative form of paunch.
How do you pronounce panch?
Panch is pronounced /pæntʃ/.

Words near panch in the dictionary

  1. pancerebellar
  2. pances
  3. pancession
  4. pancetta
  5. pancettas
  6. panch
  7. panch phoron
  8. Panchaea
  9. Panchagarh District
  10. Panchaia
  11. panchakarma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: panch (page history and authors); paunch (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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