2syllables
hatches
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hatches is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, hatches is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofhatches
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.
1noun
- The act of hatching.
- Development; disclosure; discovery.
- (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
Example: "These pullets are from an April hatch."
- (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
- A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."
1verb
- (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
- (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
- To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
- To devise.
1verb
- To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
- To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
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