ch

¹

Surveying, Civil Engineering.

1. chain; chains.

ch.

²

abbreviation for

1. chaplain.
2. chapter.
3. Chess. check.
4. chief.
5. child; children.
6. church.

Ch.

³

abbreviation for

1. Chaldean.
2. Chaldee.
3. Television. channel.
4. chapter.
5. Château.
6. Chess. check.
7. China.
8. Chinese.
9. church.

c.h.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. candle hours.
2. clearinghouse.
3. courthouse.
4. custom house.

ch.

¹

abbreviation for

1. chain (unit of measure)
2. chapter
3. chess check
4. chief
5. church

ch

²

abbreviation for

1. custom house

the internet domain name for

1. Switzerland

CH

³

abbreviation for

1. Companion of Honour (a Brit title)
2. Switzerland (international car registration)

Word History and Origins

Origin of ch¹

(sense 2) from French Confédération Helvétique

Example Sentences

One is on African primal religions, another on the tao of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, another on the path to total rejuvenation.

From The Daily Beast

Many bills are sent to the Lords, the forms of their house will consume some days, the Ch.

From Project Gutenberg

His ch is identical with ours, and his j and x are the same as the Irish and Scotch pronunciation of ch and gh.

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I seed Bart Coinjock, one of our own cowboys, 'tending our animals, and he told me to take my ch'ice from the lot.

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D-d-does it m-m-make any difference w-w-h-i-ch side you get on?

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Ch-he-ga-shn-ga, the Little Chief; full-length, with bow and quiver.

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