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/ˈhæt͡ʃweɪ/ · noun
A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door..
Up through the great hatchways rimmed with racks of heavy shot, the watch below came pouring […]
Full-depth, hinged doors are provided on each side of the engine and generator housing, and hatchways are fitted in the roof over the engine.
Use hatchway when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hatchway means A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door..
Common synonyms include scuttle, opening.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Up through the great hatchways rimmed with racks of heavy shot, the watch below came pouring […]
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