stanch: Meaning and Definition of

stanch

Pronunciation: (stônch, stanch, stänch), [key]

—v.i.

to stop flowing, as blood; be stanched.

—n.

Also calleda lock that, after being partially emptied, is opened suddenly to send a boat over a shallow place with a rush of water.

stanch

Pronunciation: (stônch, stänch, stanch), [key]

— -er, -est.

staunch.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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stanch (Thesaurus)

stance stanchion

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