Definition of roach Roach
/ɹowˈʧ/ - [rowch] - roach
We found 21 definitions of roach from 5 different sources.
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What does roach mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: roaches |
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| roach - European freshwater food fish having a greenish back | ||
| Rutilus rutilus | ||
| cyprinid, cyprinid fish soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales | ||
| roach - a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead | ||
| coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, coif the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | ||
| roach - the butt of a marijuana cigarette | ||
| roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | ||
| cockroach | ||
| dictyopterous insect cockroaches and mantids | ||
| blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order | ||
| asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution | ||
| american cockroach, periplaneta americana large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed | ||
| australian cockroach, periplaneta australasiae widely distributed in warm countries | ||
| blattella germanica, croton bug, crotonbug, german cockroach, water bug small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest | ||
| roach - street names for flunitrazepan | ||
| R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, forget me drug, circle | ||
Verb |
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| roach - comb (hair) into a roach | ||
| comb smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" | ||
| roach - cut the mane off (a horse) | ||
| chop off, lop off, cut off remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- roach (Noun)
A small freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae,. - roach (Noun)
A cockroach. - roach (Noun)
A butt of a marijuana cigarette. - roach (Noun)
The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper. - roach (Noun)
An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- roach (n.)
A cockroach. - roach (n.)
A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. - roach (n.)
An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish. - roach (n.)
The redfin, or shiner. - roach (n.)
A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. - roach (v. t.)
To cause to arch. - roach (v. t.)
To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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roach
The hollow curvature of the lower parts of upper square-sails, to clear the stays when the yards are braced up.
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