- (also hatchway)an opening or a door in a ship, aircraft or spacecraft
- The engineer was peering into the service hatch.
- an escape hatch
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- closed
- open
- access
- …
- lift
- open
- raise
- …
- through a/the hatch
- hatch between
- hatch to
- …
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- an opening in a wall between two rooms, especially a kitchen and a dining room, through which food can be passed
- a serving hatch
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc2- I opened the serving hatch and put the soup on the counter.
- a hatch between the kitchen and the dining room
- a hatch to the dining room
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- closed
- open
- access
- …
- lift
- open
- raise
- …
- through a/the hatch
- hatch between
- hatch to
- …
- an opening or a door in a floor or ceiling
- a hatch to the attic
Extra Examples- Leave the hatch open.
- She lifted the hatch and slid it away from the opening.
- Karen climbed through the hatch and disappeared from view.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- closed
- open
- access
- …
- lift
- open
- raise
- …
- through a/the hatch
- hatch between
- hatch to
- …
see also hot hatch
Word Originnoun Old English hæcc (denoting the lower half of a divided door), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hek ‘paling, screen’.
Idioms
See hatch in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybatten down the hatches
- to prepare yourself for a period of difficulty or trouble
- A natural tendency in times of recession is to batten down the hatches and think about our own needs.
- (on a ship) to shut all the entrances to the lower part, especially because a storm is expected
down the hatch
- (informal, saying) used before drinking something, especially to express good wishes before drinking alcohol
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