hatch

About 3.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

   Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.

2. noun A trapdoor.
3. noun 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. noun A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
5. noun An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
6. noun A gullet.
7. noun A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
8. noun A floodgate; a sluice gate.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

hatchabilities hatchability hatchable hatched hatcher hatchers hatches hatching