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

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

“Hey! Do we cash traveler’s ch ” “No!” the white woman shouted back.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin