Scotch most commonly refers to: * Scotch (adjective), a largely obsolescent adjective meaning "of or from

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

" **Scotch, old-fashioned name for the indigenous languages of the Scottish people: ***

Scots language Scots ( endonym: ''Scots''; gd, Albais, ) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonly ...

("Broad Scotch") ***

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

("Scotch Gaelic") *

Scotch whisky Scotch whisky (; sco, Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y; often simply called whisky or Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland. All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley. Commercial distil ...

, a whisky made in Scotland, which outside Scotland is commonly abbreviated as "Scotch" Scotch may also refer to:

Places

Scotch Corner Scotch Corner is a Junction (road), junction of the A1(M) motorway, A1(M) and A66 road, A66 Trunk road#United Kingdom, trunk roads near Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It has been described as "the modern gate ...

, a junction of the A1 road and the A66 road in North Yorkshire, England

Art, entertainment, and media

* Scotch (band), an Italian disco/pop group during the 1980s *

Hopscotch Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object, called a lagger, into numbered triangles or a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces and retrieve the object. It is a ch ...

, a children's game *

Scotch Game The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 Nc6 :3. d4 Ercole del Rio, in his 1750 treatise ''Sopra il giuoco degli Scacchi, Osservazioni pratiche d’anonimo Autore Modenese'' ("On t ...

, a chess opening

Brands and enterprises

*Scotch, a brand name used by 3M until 1996 for recordable media, such as audio cassettes and video cassettes * Scotch Tape, a commercial brand name for a type of adhesive tape made by 3M

Food and drink

* Butterscotch, a confectionery *

Scotch ale Strong ale is a type of ale, usually above 5% abv and often higher, between 7% to 11% abv, which spans a number of beer styles, including old ale, barley wine and Burton ale. Strong ales are brewed throughout Europe and beyond, including in Engl ...

, a type of strong ale found in Scotland and North East England *Scotch Beef, beef from suckler cattle in Scotland with EU Protected Geographical Status * Scotch broth, a soup made with mutton, barley, leeks, peas, carrots and swedes (rutabagas) * Scotch egg, a hard boiled egg served wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs, and fried *Scotch pancake, a small, sweet

pancake A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a Starch, starch-based batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or fryi ...

* Scotch pie, a small, double-crust meat pie filled with minced mutton or other meat

Materials and goods

*Scotch, a wedge used to prevent railway vehicles moving in clip and scotch *

Scotch gauge Scotch most commonly refers to: * Scotch (adjective), a largely obsolescent adjective meaning "of or from Scotland" **Scotch, old-fashioned name for the indigenous languages of the Scottish people: ***Scots language ("Broad Scotch") *** Scottish G ...

, a narrow gauge of railway used in Scotland and Japan * Scotch key, pins inserted into holes drilled axially to fix an item such as a gear onto a shaft

Typography

* Scotch Roman is a class of 19th century typefaces

Computing

*The Scotch and PT-Scotch software for Graph partitioning

Other uses

* Scotch College (disambiguation), several private schools associated with the Presbyterian Church and/or the Uniting Church, in Australia * Scotch Mist (disambiguation)