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The correct spelling is stanch.
How to pronounce stanch
noun
IPA: /stɑːnt͡ʃ/
Say it like: Sta-nch
The correct spelling is stanch. That which stanches or checks a flow. For example: "A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary."
Usage Examples
“A small amount of cotton can be stuffed into the nose to stanch the flow of blood if necessary.”
“a stanch ship”
“a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent”
Meanings
noun
- 1.That which stanches or checks a flow.
- 2.A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
verb
- 1.To stop the flow of.
- 2.To cease, as the flowing of blood.
- 3.To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
- 4.To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
adjective
- 1.Strong and tight; sound; firm.
- 2.Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steadfast.
- 3.Close; secret; private.
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