Video: English Homophones that contain pronunciation of tʃ:
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List of English Homophones that contain pronunciation of tʃ:
adventuress - adventurous: UK, US: /ədˈventʃərəs/
1. adventuress:
+ A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure:
I made the acquaintance of the well - known adventuress.
He probably knew an adventuress when he saw one.
+ (dated) A woman who seeks social or financial advancement by dishonest or unscrupulous methods:
The principal story is about a fast - living adventuress with an obsession with wealth and fame.
an adventuress who scandalized Victorian England with her multiple marriages.
Inevitably her exploits were exaggerated and she became known as an adventuress.
2. adventurous:
+ willing to take risks and try new ideas; enjoying being in new, exciting situations (of a person):
For the more adventurous tourists, there are trips into the mountains with a local guide.
+ including new and interesting things, methods and ideas:
The menu contained traditional favourites as well as more adventurous dishes.
An adventurous new production of the play.
+ full of new, exciting or dangerous experiences:
Jane eventually tired of her adventurous lifestyle, and sought to settle down.
+ The letter "h" written as a word:
All the dictionaries in my house agree that aitch is correct.
Would you aspirate the aitch in "have" (to mark the anapest) or not (to oil the elision)?
Aspirates and drops his aitches.
2. H (also 'h'):
+ The eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet:
H is an abbreviation for words beginning with h
+ Something shaped like the letter H:
The letter H became the most frightening in the alphabet.
So the floating city above the earth was also shaped like the letter H.
Which words begin with letter H?
bach - batch == UK, US: /bætʃ/
1. bach:
1. A bachelor (Informal):
2. a small weekend or vacation house or shack, esp at the seaside (New Zealand):
He spent all his time at the bach out on the deck or in the house reading, except when they entertained.
* bach VERB:
+ To live as a bachelor:
I tried to bach it for a while, but I got too lonely. I didn't want to batch, but I had to.
+ live alone and do one's own cooking and housekeeping (especially of a man) (informal Australian, New Zealand):
I used to bach it, until I met and married the love of my life.
2. batch:
+ A batch of things or people is a group of things or people of the same kind, especially a group that is dealt with at the same time or is sent to a particular place at the same time:
- a group of things or people dealt with at the same time or considered similar in type:
Each summer a new batch of students tries to find work.
How many books are there in each batch?
The latest batch of reports suggests the economy is slowing down.
We're still waiting for the first batch to arrive.
He worked his way through the batch of letters on his desk.
She brought a large batch of newspaper cuttings. [+ of]
Have you seen the latest batch of opinion polls?
+ an amount of food, medicine, etc. produced at one time:
Mom just made a fresh batch of cookies.
+ the amount of a material needed for an operation:
A batch of cookie dough.
Shall I make another batch of cookies?
He baked a fresh batch of rolls.
+ a set of jobs that are processed together on a computer (computing):
What is “Modern Batch Processing”?
I’ve got a whole batch of applications to read through.
* batch VERB:
+ To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process (computing):
This program will batch the data in compressed files.
+ to handle by batch processing:
You will save time if you batch the files before copying them to a new location.
bached – batched UK, US: /bætʃt/
1. bached:
+ to live alone or not as part of a couple, and do your own cooking and housework:
He bached with friends in an apartment downtown.
2. batched:
+ to make a group out of a number of things so they can all be dealt with together:
In a warehouse, several orders are batched together.
It's difficult to see batched in a sentence.
baches – batches UK, US: /ˈbætʃɪz/
1. baches:
+ The Present Simple tense and Plural of bach.
I have also heard, and certainly saw on our boat trip in, that there are many privately owned baches which can be rented.
They say he baches it there, cookin' his meals on a one-burner oil stove, never reportin's sick.
His present house in which he baches is capital, has a fine instrument in it and is full of costly pictures.
2. batches:
+ The Present Simple tense and Plural of batch.
We deliver the goods in batches.
In the fall semester, he batches all his attention on teaching.
We looked at the job applications in two batches.
Loaves of bread baked in batches of 20.
It is necessary to make new batches of flu vaccine whenever a different, virulent strain of flu makes an appearance.
baching - batching == UK, US: /ˈbætʃɪŋ/
1. baching:
+ -ing form.
+ to live in the manner of a bachelor, as when one's spouse or partner is away:
I am baching next week when my wife visits her sister.
I gathered he was baching it as many do.
I gathered he was baching it as many do.
2. batching:
-ing form.
+ batch (something) to put things into groups in order to deal with them [transitive, intransitive]:
The service will be improved by batching and sorting enquiries.
beach - beech == UK, US: /briːtʃ/
1. beach:
+ an area of sand or small stones near the sea or another area of water such as a lake:
We spent the day on the beach.
It's a nice day for going to the beach.
* beach VERB:
+ beach something: to bring a boat out of the water and onto a beach:
Crews would not beach for fear of damaging craft.
+ to become stuck on land and unable to get back into the water (also be beached) (of a whale or similar animal):
We don't know what causes whales to beach.
+ land (a fish) on a beach (of an angler):
He managed to beach a fine trout.
I was ready to beach the fish on the bar, which now stood clear of all but the biggest waves.
+ Cause (someone) to suffer a loss:
Besides, if I was going to allow them to beach me, then this could well be my last chance to work at something that had any real meaning to me.
2. beech:
+ A tree with a smooth, grey trunk and small nuts, or the wood from this tree:
The worktop is made of solid beech.
Forests planted with beech.
breach – breech UK, US: /briːtʃ/
1. breach:
+ An act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship: (broken promise/rule)
+ breach of something: an action that breaks an agreement to behave in a particular way [countable, uncountable]:
He was sued for breach of contract.
Such a breach of confidence could rebound in all sorts of directions.
+ A break in a relationship between people or countries [countable]:
A sudden breach between father and son
What had caused the sudden breach between Henry and his son?
Britain did not want to risk a breach with the US over sanctions.
The disagreement caused a serious breach in Franco-German relations.
+ An opening that is created during a military attack or by strong winds or seas [countable]:
A breach in the mountain wall permits warm sea air to penetrate inland.
A cannon ball had made a breach in their castle walls.
They escaped through a breach in the wire fence.
The mortars blew a large breach in the castle walls.
* breach VERB:
+ to break a law, promise, agreement, or relationship: break promise/rule
She will breach her contract if she doesn't comply.
+ breach something: to make a hole in a wall, fence, etc. so that somebody/something can go through it
How to Breach a door with a shotgun.
How to breach a door like a marine.
2. breech:
+ The breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at the back into which you load the bullets. (countable)
- The back part of a rifle or gun barrel.
A breech is an opening in a gun where bullets are loaded.
I looked at my pistol, the breech popped open, he looked at his shotgun.
Each shell ejecting from the breech, followed by another and another.
the 47-round ammunition drum fits over the breech.
Designed to be loaded breech. Used of a gun or other firearm.
+ The part of a cannon behind the bore:
He came out of his roll into a kneeling position and, loaded a fresh shot into the breech.
The British reloaded their weapons, filling the breech with powder and using their rods to push in the balls.
+ The lower portion of a pulley block, esp the part to which the rope or chain is secured:
The breech is the opening between the bottom of the sheave and the block and serves no definite purpose.
+ The lower part or bottom of something:
the breech of the bridge.
+ The lower dorsal part of the human: trunk
A seaman fell from a height of about seventy feet; he fell on his breech.
+ A Breech birth (also known as breech presentation) refers to the position of the baby in the uterus such that it will be delivered buttocks first as opposed to the normal head first position.
Our daughter was an undiagnosed feet first breech birth.
* breech VERB:
+ To fit or furnish (a gun) with a breech (used with object)
to breech a gun
+ (historical), Dress (a boy) in breeches after he had been in petticoats since birth (used with object):
in those days it wasn't customary to breech a boy until he was about four.
breached -- breeched UK, US: /briːtʃt/
1. breached:
+ breach something: to make a hole in a wall, fence, etc. so that somebody/something can go through it
- Simple Past tense and Past Participle of breach.
The storm had breached the sea wall in two places.
The film breached the criminal libel laws.
The newspaper breached the code of conduct on privacy.
They breached the agreement they had made with their employer.
2. breeched:
- to provide (a gun) with a breech
He breeched his weapon.
- (historical), Dress (a boy) in breeches after he had been in petticoats since birth. [with object]
- Simple Past tense and Past Participle of breech.
Small boys did wear dresses in this period until they were 'breeched'.
breaches - breeches UK, US: /ˈbriːtʃɪz/
1. breaches:
+ Present Simple tense and Plural of breach:
- an act of breaking a rule, law, custom, or practice:
He bewailed the breaches of discipline.
- to break or act contrary to (a law, promise, etc.).
This practice breaches the arms convention.
Widespread breaches of security at Ministry of Defence bases.
2. breeches:
+ Present Simple tense Plural and of breech.
+ Short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding a horse or as part of ceremonial dress.
+ (informal) Trousers; pantaloons.
Breeches are an article of clothing covering the body from the waist down.
+ Plural and of breech.
Inside the gun compartment the breeches were opened and the barrels moved to the designated angle of fire.
At the beginning of the century, men still wore breeches as part of their suits.
His breeches were made of white shiny silk and so was his waistcoat.
When she was made monitor, she soon got too big for her breeches.
Could a gentleman be in fashion without wearing breeches?
The shells arrived at the top of the lift, were seized by the loaders and slid into the breeches which slammed shut.
The breeches opened automatically and ejected the shells into a funnel that led down to the base of the bloc 30m below.
breaching - breeching UK, US: /ˈbriːtʃɪŋ/
1. breaching:
+ -ing form
- (of a whale) rise and break through the surface of the water [no object]:
During the boat ride we saw humpbacks breaching at a distance.
He was on a birdwatching trip when the whale breached.
We saw whales breaching in the distance.
Another whale was breaching out by this boat.
This whale was breaching off Albany this morning!
+ to break or act contrary to (a law, promise, etc.):
The company accused him of breaching his contract.
+ to make an opening in a wall or fence, especially in order to attack someone or something behind it:
A growing stream has been breaching the dyke.
In some countries, this is close to breaching privacy legislation.
Capital One Touted the Cloud’s Safety as Hacker Was Breaching It.
2. breeching:
+ -ing form.
+ Present Participle of breech.
+ putting boys in breeches or trousers for the first time:
Breeching was the occasion when a small boy was first dressed in breeches or trousers.
broach - brooch UK: /brəʊtʃ/; US: /broʊtʃ/
1. broach:
* broach VERB:
+ broach something (to/with somebody): to begin talking about a subject that is difficult to discuss, especially because it is embarrassing or because people disagree about it:
She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father.
But the subject of weight and diet is often difficult to broach.
He broach the subject of a loan with his bank manager.
He decided not to broach the subject of divorce until his wife had recovered from her illness.
The report fails to broach some important questions.
+ to enlarge or shape (a hole) with a broach:
Shall we broach another cask of wine?
+ Open and start using the contents of (a bottle or other container)
He watched a pot boy broach a new cask.
+ rise through the water and break the surface (of a fish or sea mammal) [no object].
He's seen whales broach within yards of his kayak.
The salmon broach, then fall to slap the water.
+ nautical (usually foll by to): to cause (a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously or (of a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously in a following sea, so as to be broadside to the waves:
Yes, but I don't want us to broach to and go over if the wind shifts.
* broach NOUN:
+ a hole made by a broach:
Various hole push knives, Broach, rectangle button pushing knives Broach.
+ a pin, forming part of some types of lock, that registers in the hollow bore of a key:
A push Broach is installed at the upper mould, and a holder is installed at the lower mould.
+ a tapered bit on a metal-cutting machine tool that is pulled or pushed through a hole to enlarge or shape the hole:
A rotary broach is used in a lathe or screw machine.
+ a sharp-pointed rod used to hold roasting meat; spit
Roasted pork meat on the broach
+ a roof covering the corner triangle on the top of a square tower having an octagonal spire:
St John's Church, Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire, with its short broach spire.
+ A sudden and hazardous veering or pitching of a ship (Nautical):
Wave action may contribute to a broach initiated by wind gusts.
The broach can be moved relative to the workpiece or vice versa.
2. brooch:
+ a piece of jewellery that you fasten to your clothes, usually worn by women:
She pinned a large amethyst brooch to her lapel.
They made off with a silver charm bracelet, two passports, a gold brooch and a silver chain.
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