STANCH Meaning of STANCH in English ~ 1 [ stɔ:n(t)ʃ , stα:n(t)ʃ ]■ verb chiefly US variant spelling of staunch 2 . ———————— ~ 2 [ stɔ:n(t)ʃ ]■ adjective variant spelling of staunch 1 (in sense 2). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004