Hatches
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:14 pts7 letters
Definition of Hatches
noun
- A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
- 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.
- An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
noun
- The act of hatching.
- Development; disclosure; discovery.
- (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
"These pullets are from an April hatch."
- (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
- A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."
verb
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