ch

plural chs

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

   5.1 ch surround sound

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

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

   2007, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, page 143

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

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

   2014, Kenneth Hinchcliff, Andris Kaneps, Raymond Geor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, page 675

1. abbreviationcrochetAbbreviation 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.

   2011 August 23, Carmen Heffernan, “How to make colourful crocheted flowers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2023

alternative Iche · alternative che · alternative ich · alternative 'ch- · alternative ch-

1. alternativedialectalobsoleteAlternative form of I.

plural CHs

1. CommonwealthabbreviationcountableinitialismpostpositionaluncountableInitialism of companion of honour.
2. abbreviationcountableuncountablenauticalAbbreviation of heavy cruiser.
3. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of cargo helicopter.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of continuum hypothesis.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of cluster headache.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of central heating.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Cretan Hieroglyphic.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of cerebellar hypoplasia.

1. CanadaabbreviationhobbiesShort for Montreal Canadiens.
2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Chandigarh: a union territory of India.