ketch

[US]/ketʃ/
[UK]/kɛtʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a two-masted sailing vessel
Word Forms
Pluralketches

Example Sentences

The ketch sailed smoothly across the ocean.

He purchased a beautiful ketch for his sailing adventures.

The crew worked together to hoist the sails on the ketch.

The ketch was equipped with modern navigation technology.

She enjoyed the peaceful solitude of sailing alone on her ketch.

The ketch's hull was painted a vibrant blue color.

The captain steered the ketch towards the distant island.

The ketch was moored at the dock, ready for its next voyage.

The ketch's rigging needed some repairs before setting sail again.

The crew members enjoyed a hearty meal together on the ketch.

Real-world Examples

Young misses whut eats heavy mos' gener'ly doan never ketch husbands" . " I don't believe it.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Ain' no other ladies doin' it. You wouldn' ketch Miss Pitty wipin' her lil shoes on sech trash.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Yas'm, de typhoy fly right up de road an' ketch Miss Carreen, an' den down come Miss Suellen.

Source: Gone with the Wind

I can't ketch a fly in there, I can't chaw.

Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

" Unc' Louis wouldn't ketch nothin wid a light he could see by, " Versh said.

Source: The Sound and the Fury

" At this time o' night? You'll ketch your death. The fire's out long ago" .

Source: Itan Flomei

" Ho, yuss, we know all abaht thet! Set a thief to ketch a thief—ho, yuss" .

Source: Amateur Thief Rafiz

She had come quite recently to live with her father—during the Baron's illness, in fact—and her husband had been captain of a ketch.

Source: The Romantic Adventure of the Milkmaid

Near the school is the beautiful old sailing ketch called 'The George'. You are welcome to board the boat and look round the cabins.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 10 (Mainland China Edition)

As if expecting a protest, she continued plaintively; " If you're too busy with the hauling I presume you can let Jotham Powell drive me over with the sorrel in time to ketch the train at the Flats" .

Source: Itan Flomei

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