Tench Definition

tĕnch
tenches
noun
tenches
A small, European, freshwater cyprinoid fish (Tinca tinca) now established in North America.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Tinca tinca
adjective
(slang) Excellent performance in a tense situation.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Tench

Noun

Singular:
tench
Plural:
tenches

Origin of Tench

  • Middle English tenche from Old French from Late Latin tinca probably of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.

    From Wiktionary

Tench Sentence Examples

  • Albinos seem to be rather common; and as in other fishes (for instance, the tench, carp, eel, flounder), the colour of most of these albinos is a bright orange or golden yellow; occasionally even this shade of colour is lost, the fish being more or less pure white or silvery.

  • A good head of tench to 8lb are also present together with small rudd.

  • Roach are the main species together with the odd rudd, tench & carp.

  • Terry Tribe was second with 7-12, a catch that included a nice skimmer at 1-08 and a tench of 3-08.

  • However it was very busy and all the 'known ' tench swims were taken.

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Words Starting With

TTETEN

Words Ending With

HCHNCH

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