Synonyms of hatches

hatches 1 of 2

noun

plural of hatch

as in doors

a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened

watertight hatches provided access through the ship's bulkheads

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doors
• portals
• gates
• trapdoors
• double doors
• storm doors
• lattices
• French doors
• revolving doors
• portcullises
• Dutch doors
• wickets
• posterns

hatches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hatch

as in spawns

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop

the mallards and geese have begun hatching in their nests down by the pond

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spawns
• sits
• broods
• lays
• sets
• incubates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hatches

Noun

This kicks off a lengthy discourse about favorite fishing holes, epic hatches, and the head-scratching days where the fish seem to win. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026

Boaters must open hatches, inspect anchors and use high-temperature water to destroy any aquatic invasive species, officials said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

Canada defended well in the first half of the loss and tried to batten down the hatches, but ultimately gave up two quick goals due to minor errors at the back of the pitch. — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 June 2026

Batten down the hatches, chipmakers. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 June 2026

When a mysterious egg hatches during a mission and the baby imprints on Ken, he's thrust into the role of parenting a newborn Gigantron. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026

The sensors require unobstructed fields of view, which can conflict with crew hatches, external stowage, and antenna mounts already present on legacy vehicles. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026

Many restaurants and stores open their hatches to take advantage of the high demand, then shutter for the rest of the year. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026

Bug season, which peaks late spring to early summer, is about to usher in massive hatches of mosquitoes, ticks and other insects. — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 20 May 2026

Verb

To win in that crowded and hot sector, SpaceX will need to go super-big on capex for data centers and R&D that hatches fresh enterprise products. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 May 2026

Trump’s obsession with gold has led his critics to compare him to the Bond villain Goldfinger, a bullion dealer who hatches a plan to irradiate the gold in Fort Knox in order to increase the value of his own supply. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

With time running out to beat Russia, NASA hatches an 11th-hour plan to replace a veteran astronaut (Duvall) with a civilian geologist (Caan) for a one-way moon trip using a modified Gemini spacecraft. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026

After successfully impersonating Sarah Kim as a customer in luxury shops across the city, Mi-jeong hatches a plan to kill Sarah Kim and take her place. — Kayti Burt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026

With her daughter back in Madrid waiting for a solid offer for the apartment, Maria hatches a plan. — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026

Feeling bored, resentful and trapped by domestic life, Hedda hatches a plan to destroy her husband’s potential career rival, Eilert Lovberg, who happens to be her ex-lover. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026

In desperation, Yoo hatches a chilling yet darkly logical plan. — Robert Lang, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026

In the holiday rom-com, a single mother (Alexandra Breckenridge) hatches a scheme to dress up as an old man and get a job at an upscale ski resort to snag her daughter discount snowboard lessons. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025