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• ch
  ch

  chain; chains.
• ch.
  ch.

  abbreviation

  chaplain.
• Ch.
  Ch.

  abbreviation

  Chaldean.
• c.h.
  c.h.

  abbreviation

  candle hours.
• CH
  CH

  abbreviation

  Companion of Honour (a Brit title)

ch

¹ American  

Surveying, Civil Engineering.

1. chain; chains.

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ch. ² American  

abbreviation

1. chaplain.

2. chapter.

3. Chess. check.

4. chief.

5. child; children.

6. church.

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Ch. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Chaldean.

2. Chaldee.

3. Television. channel.

4. chapter.

5. Château.

6. Chess. check.

7. China.

8. Chinese.

9. church.

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c.h. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. candle hours.

2. clearinghouse.

3. courthouse.

4. custom house.

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ch. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. chain (unit of measure)

2. chapter

3. chess check

4. chief

5. church

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CH ² British  

abbreviation

1. Companion of Honour (a Brit title)

2. Switzerland (international car registration)

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ch ³ British  

abbreviation

1. custom house

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abbreviation

1. Switzerland

Etymology

Origin of CH

(sense 2) from French Confédération Helvétique

Example Sentences

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She has trouble sounding out "ch" and "g" sounds, and often gets them muddled up, so instead of saying "chair", Ivy will say, "gair".

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023

The beginning ch sound is "sh," as in Chicago.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2021

Is that an ah or an ae, a ch or a k?

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019

All individual characters were counted as unique sounds, with the exception of ch, sh, th, and zh, which were all treated as unique sounds.

From Slate ● May 28, 2014

If Mr. Pendanski only thought about it, he'd realize it was very logical for Zero to think that the letter "h" made the "ch" sound.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

Q to R 5: ch., which would give Black a winning game.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

The White Bishop cannot move, because of Kt to B 7: ch., and if 11.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Justin Martyr, 72, 148, 165, 176-193, 318, 323; see ch. vi. generally.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

Q to K 4: ch., winning back the piece.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

See, too, Whewell's Elements of Morality, book vi. ch. ii.529.The ancient right of war is fully discussed by Grotius, De Jure, lib. iii.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

I scanned the lines, “Henry and Ribsy, July 21, 1991, Ch. 2, 3, 4 & 5, 1.5 hours.”

From Slate ● May 13, 2020

Nearly 2,600 dogs are competing, and they all carry the abbreviation "Ch." before their names -- it stands for champion, since every dog at Madison Square Garden has already been a winner somewhere.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2011

Nearly 2,600 dogs are competing in 179 breeds and varieties, and they all carry the abbreviation "Ch." before their names.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2011

Everyone felt that it might be an awful break but was relieved when the Ch. added, "about the aquatic contests on the Thames," referring to some incident in the races years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ch., and is very beautifully written in imitation of typography.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

While previous owners had acknowledged Malört’s taste with ad copy calling it a “challenge to the braggart who says ‘I can drink anything,’” CH Distillery initially considered more positive takes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

But the rising net asset values of StepStone’s retail funds now leave it with the obligation to make a substantial payout to the CH Equity Partners fund managers that run those wealth products.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

He lives now in downtown San Diego’s East Village, where his company is based and where his first CH venture, Neighborhood, opened in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Jōtō Sushi – Inside CH Distillery — the home of Chicago’s infamous Malört — you’ll find Jōtō Sushi.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025

Scientists discovered in the 1960s that the rate of CH formation and intake varied more than Libby had thought.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann