Definitions
A small opening, door, or cover in a floor, roof, or vehicle.
Word origin
From Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju (compare Dutch hek ‘gate, railing’, Low German Heck ‘pasture gate, farmyard gate’), variant of *haggju ‘hedge’. More at hedge.
Used in a sentence
“Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.”
“The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.”
“A service hatch with sliding shutter is situated at the end of the kitchen next to the dining compartment.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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