hutch

noun

ˈhəch 

1

a

: a chest or compartment for storage

b

: a cupboard usually surmounted by open shelves

2

: a pen or coop for an animal

3

: shack, shanty

Illustration of hutch

• hutch 1b

Synonyms

• cabin
• camp
• hooch [slang]
• hootch
• hovel
• hut
• hutment
• shack
• shanty

Examples of hutch in a Sentence

the campers slept in a hutch near the riverbank

keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room

Recent Examples on the Web

Serving the Meal on Your Fine China The plates holding court in your antique hutch would love to see action every once in a while. —Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024

The dining area includes a ceiling fan and a corner hutch with storage and shelves to display plates, glassware and collectibles. —Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024

Indeed, making the decision to part with your great aunt’s dining room hutch or your grandfather’s depression-era chest of drawers, can be fraught with emotion. —Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 27 July 2024

Moreover, rabbits need plenty of room and will not be happy in a cage or backyard hutch. —Mark Hawthorne, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English huche, from Anglo-French

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

hutch

noun

ˈhəch 

1

a

: a chest or compartment for storage

b

: a low cupboard topped by usually open shelves

2

: a pen or coop for an animal

3

: shanty, shack