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CULTCH

Definition: CULTCH

CULTCH

Noun

1. Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Photo Album: CULTCH

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Bamboo oyster-culture rafts for Japanese oyster Crassotrea gigas. Ca. 1972. Scallop shell used for cultch for suspended oyster culture. Lines of shells called ren and are suspended from the bamboo rafts. Credit: Small World.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: CULTCH

Language		Translations for "CULTCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		collecteur de naissain, capteur, support de collectage. (various references)

Italian		collettore (collector, gatherer), substrato per ostriche (collector), raccoglitore (collector, collector drum, file, hay pick-up, picking attachment, pick-up, pick-up attachment, pick-up cylinder, windrow pick-up attachment). (various references)

Pig Latin		ultchcay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: CULTCH

Derivations
	Words beginning with "CULTCH": cultches. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"CULTCH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cluch, cootch, Courlach, culch. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: CULTCH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: clutch.
	Words within the letters "c-c-h-l-t-u"
	-1 letter: culch, cutch.
	-2 letters: cult.
	-3 letters: cut, hut.
	-4 letters: uh, ut.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-h-l-t-u"
	+1 letter: claucht, clutchy.
	+2 letters: clutched, clutches, cultches.
	+3 letters: clutching, ultrachic.
	+5 letters: anacoluthic, autarchical, breechclout, churchliest, shuttlecock, uncatchable, untechnical.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations

5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography

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