hatch
/hæt͡ʃ/ noun B1- A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. · Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.
- A trapdoor.
- An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through. · 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.
Plural hatches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Harm hatch, harm catch.
So long as the bungalow is empty, we are king and queen of the garden; and remember that as soon as our eggs in the melon bed hatch (as they may tomorrow), our children will need room and quiet.”
“Now I have Nagaina to settle with, and she will be worse than five Nags, and there’s no knowing when the eggs she spoke of will hatch.
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