ch
chain; chains.
ch
1 AmericanSurveying, Civil Engineering.
ch.
2
American
abbreviation
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chaplain.
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chapter.
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Chess. check.
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chief.
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child; children.
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church.
Ch.
3
American
abbreviation
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Chaldean.
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Chaldee.
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Television. channel.
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chapter.
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Château.
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Chess. check.
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China.
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Chinese.
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church.
c.h.
4
American
abbreviation
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candle hours.
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clearinghouse.
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courthouse.
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custom house.
ch.
1
British
abbreviation
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chain (unit of measure)
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chapter
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chess check
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chief
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church
CH
2
British
abbreviation
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Companion of Honour (a Brit title)
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Switzerland (international car registration)
ch
3
British
abbreviation
abbreviation
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
Listen to McGowan talk about the tweets in an interview with EW Live on SiriusXM ch.
From Time • Jun. 25, 2015
But he said it differently than a Russian would have, with a hard ch sound that made Anya’s heart ache for Babulya and Mama and their hard ch at the back of their mouths.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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