culchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Uncertain.

発音

• IPA: /kʌlt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -ʌltʃ

名詞

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.
2. (US, Maine) An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use.
3. (US, Maine) Junk or debris.

形容詞

culch (not comparable)

1. (US, Maine) Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile.

動詞

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.