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
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The Welsh name means "the peaks of Brychan's kingdom" and is pronounced ban-aye bruch-ay-nee-og, with the ch making the same sound as in loch.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 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
See a very remarkable chapter on morals, in his Traité des Animaux, part ii. ch. vii.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Some fearful facts on the subject are collected by Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch. xxxvi.;
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
It follows therefore immediately and incontestably that there is no such thing as any sort of motive that is in itself a bad one.”—Principles of Morals and Legislation, ch. ix.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
De l'Esprit, disc. ii. ch. v.7.“Even the goodness which we apprehend in God Almighty, is his goodness to us.”
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Decline and Fall, ch. xxxvii.; a brief but masterly sketch of the progress of the movement.218.Palladius,
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
It is written in explanation of Ch. v.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
The campaign will also entail a billboard for the first time since CH Distillery took over.
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
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
Libby determined that the rate at which cosmic rays create CH is roughly equal to the rate at which it decays.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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