Definition of LAUNCE

launce

Plural: launces

Noun

  • A small, slender marine fish often used as bait.
  • very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
  • Obsolete form of lance.
  • sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae
  • A balance.

Verb

  • Obsolete form of lance.

Examples

  • Fishing for a LAUNCE of a word, he hoped to hook a high-scoring play.

Origin / Etymology

See lance.

Synonyms

sand eel, sand lance, sand launce

Scrabble Score: 8

launce: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
launce: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
launce: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

launce: valid Words With Friends Word