1. A bar containing angular teeth, into which a pawl or catch drops, to prevent machines from running back; the wheel which makes a clock strike.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• retch,
• 5atch,
• 4atch,
• rztch,
• rstch,
• rwtch,
• rqtch,
• ragch,
• ra6ch,
• ra5ch,
• ratxh,
• ratvh,
• ratfh,
• ratdh,
• ratcg,
• ratche,
• ratchet,
• rautch,
• ratchee,
• ratich

• rathke,
• radish,
• raatz,
• radich,
• radtke,
• rattus.

The adjective form of the word "ratch" is "ratcheted".

The plural of the "ratch" can be the "ratches".

The singular of the "ratch" can be the "ratch".