coach
A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
Noun 4 meanings
A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
A trainer or instructor.
“football coach”
A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
Verb 4 meanings
To train.
To instruct; to train.
“She has coached many opera stars.”
To study under a tutor.
To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
Adverb 1 meaning
Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.
“John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest. The meaning “instructor/trainer” is from Oxford University slang (c.
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COACH at a glance
COACH has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + A 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,121 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with coach
All rhymesOne letter away
- COUCH12
- ROACH10
- CONCH12
- POACH12
- LOACH10
- COOCH12
- CLACH12
- COACT9
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