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after-hatches

after-hatches is the plural of after-hatch.

Meaning of after-hatch

Noun

after-hatch (plural after-hatches)

  1. A hatch located towards the aft of a vessel.
    • Rasmus sat in the after-hatch at the helm, while the boy was now forward, now aft, as circumstances required.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181

Questions about after-hatches

What is after-hatches the plural of?
After-hatches is the plural of after-hatch.

Words near after-hatches in the dictionary

  1. after-grass
  2. after-grasses
  3. after-guard
  4. after-guards
  5. after-hatch
  6. after-hatches
  7. after-hours
  8. after-hyperpolarization
  9. after-image
  10. after-images
  11. after-impression

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