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bach
/bæt͡ʃ/
noun 4name 4verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
half, many, right, same, sublime, used
VERB + BACH
composed, consider, gould, listening, notes, ochre-coloured, playing, plays
BACH + NOUN
ave, gounod, handel, music, s, takapuna
PREP.
in, in
ADV.
simply, such
Definitions
noun
1
A bachelor.
2
A small hut, especially for a man living alone.
3
Now specifically, a holiday home, typically a small, simple house of one or two rooms on the beach.
She stops the car by an ochre-coloured bach at the end of the beachline, by the shelter of a massive thicket of African thorn.
Even before he began his chores he sunbathed naked against the east wall of the bach for half an hour.
verb
1
To live as a bachelor; (chiefly of a man) to live without women, and do one's own cooking, housekeeping etc.
I hurried home to the tent—I was batching with a carpenter.
noun
1
Clipping of bachelorette.
When I ask people how spending money makes them feel, so many of them respond, "Guilty." ¶ They'll give an example of how a rough day at the office led to buying a pair of shoes online or how they got a little carried away at their friend's bach party in Vegas.
Bachelorette party captions for Instagram […] Babes, baches, bikinis, and boats.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — lead a bachelor's existence
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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She stops the car by an ochre-coloured bach at the end of the beachline, by the shelter of a massive thicket of African thorn.
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Even before he began his chores he sunbathed naked against the east wall of the bach for half an hour.
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From 1931 until his death in 1982, Sargeson lived a monastic life in a bach at Takapuna, writing in the mornings and tending his garden and entertaining friends in the latter part of the day.
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I hurried home to the tent—I was batching with a carpenter.
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When I ask people how spending money makes them feel, so many of them respond, "Guilty." ¶ They'll give an example of how a rough day at the office led to buying a pair of shoes online or how they got
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Bachelorette party captions for Instagram […] Babes, baches, bikinis, and boats.
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