Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The materials used to form a spawning-bed for oysters; also, the spawn of the oyster.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
  • noun Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached.
  • noun Rubbish; débris; refuse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.

Etymologies

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Etymology uncertain.

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Examples

  • The cultch is the pile of shells and debris that allow oysters to continue to reproduce.

    Archive 2009-02-01 doyle 2009

  • The cultch is the pile of shells and debris that allow oysters to continue to reproduce.

    Blue oyster cultch doyle 2009

  • Voisin, who also serves as chairman of the Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition, says oyster producers east of the Mississippi River are now also investigating a mysterious substance growing on the shells oyster larvae attach to commonly referred to as "cultch".

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Voisin, who also serves as chairman of the Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition, says oyster producers east of the Mississippi River are now also investigating a mysterious substance growing on the shells oyster larvae attach to commonly referred to as "cultch".

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • In East Bay, state crews put a layer of reef-building materials called cultch on 20 acres of oyster habitat.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • In East Bay, state crews put a layer of reef-building materials called cultch on 20 acres of oyster habitat.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • The Oyster Reef Restoration project involves the placement of more than 30 million pounds of cultch which is typically made up of fossilized shell, limestone rock, recycled concrete rubble and other hard materials designed to provide points of attachment for oysters - that will be distributed within the St. Lucie Estuary and the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River.

    WN.com - Articles related to Water bills go up in down economy as usage drops from slow manufacturing, real estate, tourism 2010

  • The Oyster Reef Restoration project involves the placement of more than 30 million pounds of cultch which is typically made up of fossilized shell, limestone rock, recycled concrete rubble and other hard materials designed to provide points of attachment for oysters - that will be distributed within the St. Lucie Estuary and the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River.

    WN.com - Articles related to Water bills go up in down economy as usage drops from slow manufacturing, real estate, tourism 2010

  • The Oyster Reef Restoration project involves the placement of more than 30 million pounds of cultch which is typically made up of fossilized shell, limestone rock, recycled concrete rubble and other hard materials designed to provide points of attachment for oysters - that will be distributed within the St. Lucie Estuary and the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River.

    WN.com - Articles related to Water bills go up in down economy as usage drops from slow manufacturing, real estate, tourism 2010

  • The Oyster Reef Restoration project involves the placement of more than 30 million pounds of cultch which is typically made up of fossilized shell, limestone rock, recycled concrete rubble and other hard materials designed to provide points of attachment for oysters - that will be distributed within the St. Lucie Estuary and the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River.

    WN.com - Articles related to Water bills go up in down economy as usage drops from slow manufacturing, real estate, tourism 2010

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  • Old shells or stones that form a spawning bed for oysters. Also: culch.

    June 11, 2015