cultch
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To jump-start the new oyster habitat, the team put old shells in a water tank to create a “cultch” that oyster larvae could cling to and grow on.
From Seattle Times
Banks says that reef habitat improvement and rehabilitation projects, using cultch, or shell, have been ongoing on public grounds since 1917.
From Salon
If you haven’t heard of Marie Kondo, you must be trapped under a pile of household cultch that doesn’t, as she would say, spark joy.
From New York Times
“This beach is going to constantly change,” Burns says, heading back to shore as the tide begins to cover the oyster shell, broodstock and bags of seeded cultch.
From Seattle Times
These freckled shells — called seeded cultch — are trucked back to their natal tidelands to help kick-start the population.
From Seattle Times
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