hatch
/hæt͡ʃ/
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; A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance
- plural
- hatches
Meanings
- 1
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling
Tom fell down the hatch.
Tatoeba · Eccles17 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom opened the hatch and climbed in.
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 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
- 6
A gulletrare
- 7
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fishrare
- 8
A floodgate; a sluice gaterare
- 9
A bedsteadrare
- 10
An opening into, or in search of, a minerare