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Added 9 October 2026

bach

/bæt͡ʃ/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bach at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A bachelor.
A small hut, especially for a man living alone.
Now specifically, a holiday home, typically a small, simple house of one or two rooms on the beach.

verb

To live as a bachelor; (chiefly of a man) to live without women, and do one's own cooking, housekeeping etc.

noun

Clipping of bachelorette.

Origin

Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

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