winch
noun
the crank or handle of a revolving machine.
winches
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pluralof winch.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Beneath rotating wind turbines on Sri Lanka's Mannar peninsula, a fishing net is hauled up the beach by tractor winches and 20 men, but once again the catch is meagre.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
More serious magnet fishers use a grappling hook to help pull their loot from the water, while some use winches attached to a vehicle or a nearby structure when they land something large.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Workers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area have been extending boat ramps and moving floating marinas with cables and winches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
As surgeons donned headlamps to work in the dark, miners were pulled from deep underground by manual winches.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
In Oklahoma they put two-ton winches on the fronts of their trucks to rip out tree stumps and even then, some of them won’t move.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
