Hatch

Noun

 * 1) A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
 * 2) A trapdoor.
 * 3) An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items.
 * 4) A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
 * 5) A narrow passageway between the decks of a ship or submarine.
 * 6)  A gullet.

Derived terms

 * down the hatch
 * hatchwise

Verb

 * 1)  (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
 * 2)  (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
 * 3)  To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
 * 4)  To devise.

Derived terms

 * hatchling

Noun
hatch


 * 1)  A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
 * These pullets are from an April hatch. 
 * 1) (Often as Mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location (to mate, having reached maturity).
 * 2)  As in the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched." A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).

Verb

 * 1)  To shade an area of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines, particularly with lines which cross each other: cross-hatch.

Thesaurus
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Pronunciation

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