Meaning of Roach | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
2. Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially
3. A cockroach.
   US
4. Sail material that forms a concave curve rather than straight leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area over that of a simple triangular sail.
5. A bed or stratum of some mineral.
   UK, obsolete
6. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
7. A surname from Anglo-Norman
   countable, uncountable
8. Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially:
9. A common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
10. The butt of a marijuana cigarette.
    US, slang
11. A haircut or a similar-looking kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America, often red.
12. Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.
    UK, regional
13. A surname from placenames
    countable, uncountable
14. A California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus
15. An entire marijuana cigarette, blunt, or joint.
    US, slang
16. A placename
    countable, uncountable
17. Rivers in the United Kingdom:
    countable, uncountable
18. A river in Essex, England, which is a stream before becoming a tidal river and joining the River Crouch; in full, the River Roach.
    countable, uncountable
19. The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper (often of the cigarette paper packet itself).
    UK, slang
20. Alternative spelling of Roch, the River Roch or Roach, A river in Greater Manchester, England. Roach appears to be mainly an older spelling.
    alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
21. A places and rivers in the United States.
    countable, uncountable
22. A short river in Piscataquis County, Maine, which flows into Moosehead Lake.
    countable, uncountable
23. A short river in Virginia, a tributary of the Rivanna River.
    countable, uncountable
24. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
25. A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
    countable, uncountable
26. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“In his half hour of free time between brooms it was Willie's custom to smoke his lunch in an alleyway. He'd take just half a roach, only enough to make him feel a new day was starting, no more no less.”

“Last toke is the yellowing fabric of the roach, containing the stuff that is less than tobacco.”

“After long Working of this Coal, it was found upon the rising Grounds, that there lay another Roach of Coal, at the Depth of 14 Yards under it”

“The roach, both of the top and bottom beds, is always imperceptibly incorporated with the freestone, which is invariable situated beneath it.”

“A Bacup to Manchester Victoria via Heywood diesel multiple-unit crossing the River Roach at Heap Bridge, Bury on November 4, 1960.”

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