Stanch is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter H for which we found 5 definitions.
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(v. t.) To stop the flowing of as blood; to check; also to stop the flowing of blood from; as to stanch a wound. |
(v. t.) To extinguish; to quench as fire or thirst. |
(v. i.) To cease as the flowing of blood. |
(n.) That which stanches or checks. |
(n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. |
The word stanch is a 6 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for stanch is: stanch