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Rarehatches
The correct spelling is hatches.
How to pronounce hatches
noun
Say it like: Hac-hes
The correct spelling is hatches. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. For example: "The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch."
Usage Examples
“The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.”
“These pullets are from an April hatch.”
Meanings
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.
- 4.A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
- 5.An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
verb
- 1.To close with a hatch or hatches.
- 2.(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
- 3.(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
- 4.To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
- 5.To devise.
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