title: Scotch
text: # Scotch
  
  Scotch most commonly refers to:
  
  * Scotch (adjective), a largely obsolescent adjective meaning "of or from Scotland"
     * Scotch, old-fashioned name for the indigenous languages of the Scottish people:
        * Scots language ("Broad Scotch")
        * Scottish Gaelic ("Scotch Gaelic")
  * 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)
  