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  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

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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

“Challah?” the boy repeated, testing out the phlegmy-sounding ch pronunciation.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Clement quoted, ch. ix. passim, and on pp.

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

Q to R 4, or Kt 5: ch., winning a piece.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann

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

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann

The overwhelming difficulties attending this assertion are well stated by Gibbon, ch. xvi.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Celsus, see ch. viii. generally. who was he?

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

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. ophicephalum has been taken in the English Channel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

CH Distillery has been assembling a marketing team that is fluent in social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

It goes back to a deal StepStone made in November 2022 with the team of Charlotte, NC, money managers—a group known as CH Equity Partners—that run its “evergreen” funds for individual retail investors.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Rounds out mix w/ CH & SL, both w/ good shape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 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

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