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 Gaelic ("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 All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley.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, 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)