cwtch
/kʊtʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.21 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.
Example Sentences
- "In front of the pavement again stretched a flat patch of rusty ground, a sort of little platform in the side of the hill where the sagging drying-lines stood and a chickens' cwtch built of orange-boxes."
- ""In better times when the coalman called at our home in William Street he heaved the sacks through the front door and put their contents into the ‘cwtch’ under the stairs, a messy business indeed.""
- "I am expecting the big man to come round the corner and give me a ‘cwtch’ as he has done beside countless rugby fields."
- "I don’t mind them coming in for a quick cwtch before trudging back off to their own rooms, as long as no conversation is required and it is literally just a five-minute cuddle."
- "A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kʊtʃ/