Culch
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /kʌlt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Culch is a noun meaning (US, Maine) Junk or debris.
Meaning
(US, Maine) Junk or debris.
More Meanings
- (US, Maine) Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile.
- 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.
- (US, Maine) An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use.
- 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.
Word Forms
- cultch
- culches
- culching
- culched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cultch, cutch, stool, shellbed, ruche, ooze.
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