hatch

CEFRB2

/hæt͡ʃ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To break out of an egg.

  2. 02

    noun

    An opening with a cover in a floor, wall, or roof.

Examples

  • The crew is now opening the hatch.

  • The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A trapdoor.

  2. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

More examples

In context

  • The hen sits on her eggs until they hatch.

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

  • The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju (compare Dutch hek ‘gate, railing’, Low German Heck ‘pasture gate, farmyard gate’), variant of *haggju ‘hedge’. More at hedge.