culch
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 5
/kʌlt͡ʃ/
Definition of culch
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds.
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noun
- (uncountable)The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds.
- (Maine, US, uncountable)An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use.
- (Maine, US, uncountable)Junk or debris.
adj
- (Maine, US, not-comparable)Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile.
verb
- To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments; to sort shellfish or fish catch by size -- most often oysters -- so as to throw back the smallest to grow bigger and breed.
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Etymology
Uncertain.
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