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# ketch

noun (a ketch, ketches)

«ketch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A ketch is a sailing boat with two masts, a taller one at the front and a shorter one near the back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/#m1)

### In the lessons

Stories about the sea, history and sailing lessons. It tells the reader what kind of boat is used. Not to be confused with old dialect «ketch» for «catch».

### Examples

- They sailed round the coast in a ketch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/#x1)
- A ketch has two masts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/#x2)
- The old fishing ketch was painted blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/#x3)
- The pirates chased a small ketch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/#x4)
- We visited a ketch in the harbour museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/#x5)
- The ketch caught the wind and sped away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/#x6)

### Note

Plural: ketches. In some old dialect speech, «ketch» means «catch» («ketch that ball») — that is not standard English.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ketch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/ketch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ketch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ketch.html) on Mova free.