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hatch

16 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) hatch (noun)
  2. 2) hatch (verb)
  3. 3) hatch (noun)
  4. 4) hatch (verb)
  5. 5) hatch (noun)
  6. hatch bar (noun)
  7. hatch beam (noun)
  8. hatch deck (noun)
  9. hatch whip (noun)
  10. booby hatch (noun)
  11. buttery hatch (noun)
  12. escape hatch (noun)
  13. fiddley hatch (noun)
  14. main hatch (noun)
  15. service hatch (noun)
  16. trimming hatch (noun)

1hatch

noun \ˈhach\

Definition of HATCH

1
: a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) <an escape hatch>
2
a : an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor or roof of a building b : the covering for such an opening c : hatchway d : compartment
3
: floodgate

Origin of HATCH

Middle English hache, from Old English hæc; akin to Middle Dutch hecke trapdoor
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with HATCH

bach, batch, catch, cratch, klatch, latch, match, natch, patch, scratch, snatch, thatch

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