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Showing words for RETRENCH using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Retrench

retrench, trencher

6 Letter Words for Retrench

center, chenet, cherte, entrec, entrer, erthen, etcher, henter, nether, recent, renter, rerent, rether, techne, tenrec, tercer, terner, thence, threne, trench

5 Letter Words for Retrench

cerer, cerne, cheer, cheet, chere, chert, creen, crete, ctene, enter, entre, erect, ether, hecte, hence, herne, neter, reech, renet, rente, retch, rethe, rheen, tench, terce, terne, terre, theer, there, three, treen

4 Letter Words for Retrench

cene, cent, cere, cern, cert, cete, chee, chen, cher, eche, echt, eech, entr, erer, erne, erth, etch, eten, ethe, heer, hent, here, hern, herr, hert, hete, neer, neet, nete, neth, rect, reen, reet, rent, rete, rhet, tche, tchr, tech, teen, teer, tehr, tene, tern, terr, thee, then, tree

3 Letter Words for Retrench

cee, cen, cer, che, chn, crt, cte, ctn, ctr, ech, ect, eec, een, eer, enc, ene, ere, ern, err, ert, etc, eth, hee, hen, her, het, nee, net, nth, rct, rec, ree, reh, rhe, rte, tch, tec, tee, ten, ter, the

Definitions for Retrench

[1] to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
[2] to cut off or remove.
[3] Military . to protect by a retrenchment.
[4] to economize; reduce expenses: They retrenched by eliminating half of the workers.
[5] to reduce or curtail (costs); economize
[6] (tr) to shorten, delete, or abridge
[7] (tr) to protect by a retrenchment

Words related to Retrench

curtail, conserve, trim, scrimp, economize, reduce, delete, confine, shorten, omit, lessen, diminish, decrease, remove, slash, abridge, limit, save, eliminate

Words nearby Retrench

retread, retreat, retreat from reality, retreatant, retreatism, retrench, retrenchment, retrial, retribution, retributive, retributivism

Origin of Retrench

1600–10; < French retrencher (obsolete variant of retrancher ), Middle French retrenchier, equivalent to re- re- + trenchier to trench

Other words from Retrench

re·trench·a·ble , adjective
re·trench·er , noun
un·re·trench·a·ble , adjective
un·re·trenched , adjective

Word origin for Retrench

C17: from Old French retrenchier , from re- + trenchier to cut, from Latin truncāre to lop; see trench

Synonyms for Retrench

conserve, curtail, cut down, economize, reduce, scrimp, trim