culch

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Synonyms: gulch, mulch, cultch, hulch, cutch, cunch, curch, sculch, cuch, ulch, clch

Antonyms: gulch, mulch, cultch, hulch, cutch, cunch, curch, sculch, cuch, ulch, clch

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Noun

1. The [[rock]]s, [[crush]]ed [[shell]]s, 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 bed]]s.
2. {{lb|en|US|Maine}} An [[accumulation]] of small [[items]] of little current [[value]] -- [[material]]s, broken [[item]]s, miscellaneous [[fastener]]s -- for possible future use.
3. {{lb|en|US|Maine}} [[Junk]] or [[debris]].

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|US|Maine}} Location where potentially useful [[junk]] [[item]]s are collected: culch [[corner]], culch [[drawer]], culch [[pile]].

Verb

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.

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