roach
IPA: rˈoʊtʃ
noun
- Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
- Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially:
- A common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
- A California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus
- (US) A cockroach.
- (US, slang, smoking) The butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- (US, slang, smoking) An entire marijuana cigarette, blunt, or joint.
- (UK, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
- (nautical) Sail material that forms a concave curve rather than straight leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area over that of a simple triangular sail.
- A haircut or a similar-looking kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America, often red.
- (UK, obsolete, mining) A bed or stratum of some mineral.
- (UK, regional) Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.
- A surname.
- A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn from Norman, in turn from Old French]
- A surname from placenames
- A placename
- A rivers in the United Kingdom
- The River Roach, a river in Essex, England, which is a stream before becoming a tidal river and joining the River Crouch.
- A places and rivers in the United States
- A short river in Piscataquis County, Maine, which flows into Moosehead Lake.
- A short river in Virginia, a tributary of the Rivanna River.
- An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri.
- A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
- An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.
- Alternative spelling of Roch, the River Roch or Roach, A river in Greater Manchester, England. Roach appears to be mainly an older spelling. [A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Irwell.]
verb
- (transitive) To cut or shave off the mane of a horse so that the remaining hair stands up on the neck.
- (transitive, by extension) To cut a person's hair so that it stands straight up.
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Examples of "roach" in Sentences
- Is this roach edible
- How many roaches did you catch
- Roaches live in clean water, only.
- I caught three roaches in the river.
- Whenever he catches a fish, it is a roach.
- Roach is the most common fish in this river.
- He knows how to cook roaches and other fish.
- Someone needs to modify the diagram to show the roach.
- A major tributary of the River Crouch is the River Roach.
- It is thought to be the descendant of Cryptocercus genus, the wood roach.
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