Hatch

Quick meaning: Hatch is a noun meaning A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

Meaning

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

More Meanings

1. A trapdoor.
2. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
3. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
4. (nautical) An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
5. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
6. A floodgate; a sluice gate.
7. (slang) A gullet.

Example Sentences

'Twere not amiss to keep our door hatched.

These three chicks hatched yesterday morning.

The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.

Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.

Word Forms

• hatches
• hatching
• hatched

Synonyms for hatch

Depending on context, synonyms include brood, cover, incubate, concoct, hachure, hatching.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cover, crosshatch, hachure, concoct, incubate, brood.

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