Scotch most commonly refers to: *

Scotch (adjective) ''Scotch'' is an adjective in English language, English, meaning "of or from Scotland". Many Scots dislike the term ''Scotch'' and some consider it offensive. The modern usage in Scotland is ''Scottish'' or ''Scots'', and the word ''Scotch'' is ...

, a largely obsolescent adjective meaning "of or from

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

" **Scotch, old-fashioned name for the indigenous languages of the Scottish people: *** Scots language ("Broad Scotch") ***

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

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

Places

* Scotch Corner, 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, a children's game * Scotch Game, 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, 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 Scotch egg is a boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs and baked or deep-fried. Origin Various origin stories exist. The '' Oxford Companion to Food'' gives the first instance of the name as of 1809, in an edition of Ma ...

, a hard boiled egg served wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs, and fried *Scotch pancake, a small, sweet

pancake A pancake, also known as a hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack, is a flat type of batter bread like cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based Batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk, and butter, and then cooked on a ...

* 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 A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...

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 partition In mathematics, a graph partition is the reduction of a Graph (discrete mathematics), graph to a smaller graph by partition of a set, partitioning its set of nodes into mutually exclusive groups. Edges of the original graph that cross between the g ...

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Other uses

Scotch College (disambiguation) Scotch College is the name of several schools affiliated with either the Uniting Church or Presbyterian Church. (There are also a number of schools and Roman Catholic seminaries called Scots College.) * Scotch College, Adelaide, in Torrens Park ...

, several private schools associated with the Presbyterian Church and/or the Uniting Church, in Australia *

Scotch Mist (disambiguation) Scotch mist may refer to: Language * ''Scotch mist'' is a phrase that means a cold and damp mist. *"Scotch mist", a slang expression for "nothing at all" similar to " Fanny Adams" Plants * A common name of the plant species '' Galium sylvaticum' ...