"culch" meaning in All languages combined

See culch on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} culch (not comparable)
  1. (US, Maine) Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile. Tags: Maine, US, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-culch-en-adj-25GBwT1S Categories (other): American English, Maine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sculch, scultch, kulch, cultch

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} culch (uncountable)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-culch-en-noun-~qv43yfX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 34 10 17 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 34 12 17 24
  2. (US, Maine) An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use. Tags: Maine, US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-culch-en-noun-fFShRFTH Categories (other): American English, Maine English
  3. (US, Maine) Junk or debris. Tags: Maine, US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-culch-en-noun-jB3NxYGw Categories (other): American English, Maine English, Maine English Disambiguation of Maine English: 23 10 23 34 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sculch, scultch, kulch, cultch

Verb [English]

Forms: culches [present, singular, third-person], culching [participle, present], culched [participle, past], culched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} culch (third-person singular simple present culches, present participle culching, simple past and past participle culched)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-culch-en-verb-tyaYzP7H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sculch, scultch, kulch, cultch

Inflected forms

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