inch
inch is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
- noun. A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.
- noun. A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.
- transitive verb. To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- transitive verb. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
- intransitive verb. To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
- adjective. Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.
- noun. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- noun. a unit of measurement for advertising space
- verb. advance slowly, as if by inches
"He edged towards the car"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in inch:
Common word forms
inched, incher, inches, inchest, inching
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