hatches
hatches is the plural of hatch.
hatches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hatch.
Meaning of hatch
Noun
hatch (plural hatches)
- 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.
- A surprising number of incidents is due to roof hatches being left loose or in the raised position when locomotives return to service after maintenance. On one occasion, a 25kV overhead line was damaged by an open hatch.1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 100
- An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
- A gullet.
Phrases with hatches
- hatches up
- hatches out
- hot hatches
- baby hatches
- warm hatches
- booby hatches
- under hatches
- escape hatches
- buttery hatches
- serving hatches
- batten down the hatches
- battens down the hatches
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Questions about hatches
- What is hatches the plural of?
- Hatches is the plural of hatch.
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