KETCH meaning: Sailing vessel with two masts

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word ketch:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

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Ketch, ketch: Wordnik
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Ketch, ketch: Dictionary.com
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Ketch (disambiguation), Ketch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Ketch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
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Ketch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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Ketch, Ketch: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

KETCH: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

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Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
Ketch: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
▸ verb:  (rare) To hang.
▸ noun:  A hangman.
▸ noun:  Synonym of Jack Ketch (“a public executioner”)
▸ verb:  Pronunciation spelling of catch. [(heading) To capture, overtake.]

Similar:

kite, barque, gaff sail, brig, spanker, brigantine, pavilion, topsail, kappal, boatmast, more...

Opposite:

sloop, schooner, brigantine, cutter, yawl

Types:

yacht, sailboat, dinghy, catboat, rowboat, pontoon boat, kayak, canoe, more...

Phrases:

Jack Ketch, ketch rig, bomb ketch, ketch rigged, Megan Ketch, more...

Adjectives:

foot, small, old, little, ton, auxiliary, big, rigged, english, wooden, large

Colors:

crimson, scarlet, vermilion, ruby, burgundy, more...