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Hatch

/hætʃ/

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

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📖 Definitions of "Hatch"

noun

1
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
2
A trapdoor.
3
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
"The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch."
4
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.

verb

1
To close with a hatch or hatches.

🔄 Synonyms of "Hatch"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
broodnoun	The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
coververb	A lid.
think upverb	(idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent.
incubateverb	(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
concoctverb	To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
hachurenoun	(cartography, chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.
think ofverb	To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
hatchingnoun	(zoology) The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
dream upverb	To have an imaginative, unusual or foolish idea, to invent something unreal.
crosshatchnoun	A pattern of crossing lines.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hatch"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
coververb	A lid.
crosshatchnoun	A pattern of crossing lines.
hachurenoun	(cartography, chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.
concoctverb	To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
dream upverb	To have an imaginative, unusual or foolish idea, to invent something unreal.
think upverb	(idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent.
think ofverb	To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
incubateverb	(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
broodnoun	The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
trapdoornoun	A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
doornoun	(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
gatenoun	A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
panelnoun	A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
bunkernoun	(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
pillboxnoun	A small box in which pills are kept.
tanknoun	A closed container for liquids or gases.
waysidenoun	The side of a road or path.
airlocknoun	A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
chutenoun	A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
tailgatenoun	(automotive) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.