1syllable
hatch
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Definitions ofhatch
1noun
- A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
- A trapdoor.
- An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
Example: "The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch."
- A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
- An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
- A gullet.
- A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
- A floodgate; a sluice gate.
- A bedstead.
- An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
1verb
- To close with a hatch or hatches.
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