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

Det Ch Insp Phil Poole said: "We are continuing to build a picture of what happened and the three people arrested at the weekend remain in police cells as those inquiries continue."

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Det Ch Insp Phil Poole thanked members of the public who had been in touch with information so far.

From BBC

Det Ch Insp Alison Foxwell said on Saturday: "At this stage, we believe the incident occurred within a domestic context, but we are appealing for anybody with information to come forward."

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Det Ch Insp Alison Foxwell said the death of a baby was "always an extremely tragic occurrence".

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Det Ch Insp Phil Poole said the force were working "around the clock" to find out what happened to the man, who he was and who was responsible.

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