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Plural of winch

regular plural

The plural of winch is winches.

Forms of winch

Singularwinch /wɪnt͡ʃ/
Pluralwinches
Countablecountable

Winches in a sentence

  • Forward of the mizzenmast was an iron box in which the mainsheets worked, and to port and starboard were the leeboard winches, hand-worked.2014, Tristan Jones, A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea, Open Road Media, →ISBN. From the entry leeboard

Meaning of winch

  1. noun A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.
  2. noun A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.
  3. noun A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

Full definition of winch

Questions about the plural of winch

What is the plural of winch?
The plural of winch is winches.
Is winch countable?
Winch is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: winch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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