MCh

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abbreviation for

Master of Surgery

QUIZ

THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Word Origin for MCh

Latin Magister Chirurgiae

Words nearby MCh

McGregor, McGuffey, McGuffey's Readers, McGuffin, McGwire, MCh, M.Ch.E., McHenry, mCi, McIndoe, McIntire

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How to use MCh in a sentence

It is here that the papier-mch forms made from the forms you saw in linotype are brought and cast in solid pieces for the presses.
Paul and the Printing Press|Sara Ware Bassett
They are now formed by beating or pressing a prepared pulp of papier-mch into the face of the lettering.
The Story of Books|Gertrude Burford Rawlings
But nowadays very little is made from real pulp of paper, and most of what is sold as papier-mch is made of smooth wood.
Kashmir|Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
One night, the carcass of the horse was removed and the papier-mch replica took its place.
Inventions of the Great War|A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond

The hollow shell of papier-mch was made to resemble a lump of coal.
A Lively Bit of the Front|Percy F. Westerman