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Scotch most commonly refers to:

• Scotch (adjective), a largely obsolescent adjective meaning "having to do with Scotland"
  • Scotch, old-fashioned name for the indigenous languages of the Scottish people:
    • Scots language ("Broad Scotch")
    • Scottish Gaelic ("Scotch Gaelic")
  • Ulster Scots people ("Scotch-Irish"), ethnic group of people descending from Lowland Scots who migrated to Ulster, in Ireland, and then on to the American colonies
• 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 hard boiled egg served wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs, and fried
• Scotch pancake, a small, sweet pancake
• 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)

See also

• Scots (disambiguation)
• Scottish (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Scotch
• All pages with titles beginning with Scotch

• Disambiguation pages