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buttery hatch

buttery hatch noun: an opening in the wall (originally of a buttery) through which drinks and provisions can be served.

Noun

buttery hatch (plural buttery hatches)

  1. An opening in the wall (originally of a buttery) through which drinks and provisions can be served.
    • [H]e built a dining-room close to his kitchen, with a buttery-hatch opening into it, so that he and his friends might enjoy beef-steaks, hot and hot, upon the same plan as the members of the Beef-steak Club are supplied at their room in the Lyceum.1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 69

Forms of buttery hatch

pluralbuttery hatches

Questions about buttery hatch

What does buttery hatch mean?
Buttery hatch means an opening in the wall (originally of a buttery) through which drinks and provisions can be served.
What part of speech is buttery hatch?
Buttery hatch is a noun.
What is the plural of buttery hatch?
The plural of buttery hatch is buttery hatches.

Words near buttery hatch in the dictionary

  1. Butterworths
  2. butterworts
  3. buttery
  4. buttery bar
  5. buttery bars
  6. buttery hatch
  7. buttery hatches
  8. buttery smooth
  9. Butterys
  10. buttes
  11. Buttevant

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