variants
or less commonly batch
bached also batched; baching also batching; baches also batches
: to live as a bachelor
—often used with it
New Zealand
: a small house or weekend cottage
Examples of bach in a Sentence
Noun
maintains a bach in South Island's Fiordland
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Hannah Rimm, refinery29.com, 25 Feb. 2020
For summer vacation, from Christmas to February, Kiwis tramp along a Great Walk, or tent near a stream, or drive a campervan from forest to forest, or rent a bach — a beach house — on the coast.
—Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Our bach boy Peter continues to have no real conversations with literally anyone, but does manage to (probably) sleep with two women and definitely piss off a third one.
—Hannah Rimm, refinery29.com, 25 Feb. 2020
For summer vacation, from Christmas to February, Kiwis tramp along a Great Walk, or tent near a stream, or drive a campervan from forest to forest, or rent a bach — a beach house — on the coast.
—Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
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“Bach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bach. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel 1714–1788 son of Johann Sebastian Bach German composer
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Johann Christian 1735–1782 son of Johann Sebastian Bach German organist and composer
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Johann Sebastian 1685–1750 German organist and composer
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Wilhelm Friedemann 1710–1784 son of Johann Sebastian Bach German composer
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