Definitions for BACH

BACH bach

Spelling: [bach]
IPA: /bætʃ/

Bach is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in BACH (abch).

Definitions for BACH

noun

  1. a bachelor.
  2. New Zealand. a small weekend or vacation house or shack.
  3. Johann Sebastian [yoh-hahn si-bas-chuh n;; German yoh-hahn zey-bahs-tee-ahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn sɪˈbæs tʃən;; German ˈyoʊ hɑn zeɪˈbɑs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1685–1750, German organist and composer.
  4. his sons: Carl Philipp Emanuel [kahrl fil-ip i-man-yoo-uh l;; German kahrl fee-lip ey-mah-noo-el] /kɑrl ˈfɪl ɪp ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German kɑrl ˈfi lɪp eɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA) 1714–88; Johann Christian [kris-chuh n;; German kris-tee-ahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; German ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA) 1735–82; Johann Christoph Friedrich [kris-tof free-drik;; German kris-tawf free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tɒf ˈfri drɪk;; German ˈkrɪs tɔf ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA) 1732–95; and Wilhelm Friedemann [wil-helm free-duh-mahn;; German vil-helm free-duh-mahn] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈfri dəˌmɑn;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri dəˌmɑn/ (Show IPA) 1710–84, German organists and composers.

Idioms

  1. bach it, to live alone or share living quarters with someone of the same sex, usually doing one's own housework, cooking, laundry, etc.

Origin of BACH

An Americanism dating back to 1850-55; by shortening

Examples for BACH

bach in the Subways is a soup kitchen for a world starving for classical music.

But the man in bach predominates, subtle, magnetic and nervous as he is.

In Taipei, Taiwan, a bach flash mob consisting of cellists and tuba players took over a train.

This gifted composer had studied Handel and bach very closely.

“The highlight was a school field trip that came specially to see bach in the Subways who were perfectly behaved,” he says.

With all bach's amiable qualities, it is said that he had a hasty temper.

Of what avail the seed-bearing bach and his fugues—emotional mathematics, all of them!

It takes Sharp four hours to get into character: “I take joy in the mathematical, symmetrical precision and perfectness of bach.”

Forkel's biography of bach is the only authority for this story.

As bach on the Subways has grown in size and stature, its audience has expanded beyond surprised strangers.

Word Value for BACH
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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