ch

name

1. Short for Montreal Canadiens.
2. Abbreviation of Chandigarh: a union territory of India.

noun

1. Abbreviation of chain (“a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards”).
2. Abbreviation of chain (stitch)
3. Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television.

   “5.1 ch surround sound”

4. Abbreviation of chapter (“main section of a book”).

   “Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.).”

5. Abbreviation of chestnut (“a dark reddish-brown colored horse”).

   “NAME OF HORSE (COLOR, SEX, YEAR BORN) Secretariat (ch.s. 1970)”

pron

Etymology: Apheretic form of ich or utch, ultimately from Old English iċ (“I”). Compare Dutch 'k, an apheretic variant of ik (“I”). More at ich, I.

1. Alternative form of I.

verb

1. Abbreviation of chain.

   “11 tr into 3rd ch from hook, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3 (12 tr made) […] Ch 4, sl st to 1st sl st to close.”