hatch

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled atched

US /hæt͡ʃ/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like hash /tʃ/ vs /ʃ/

Freq #5941

Meanings

1

verb
To come out of an egg.

The chicks hatched early one spring morning.
2

noun
A small door or opening in a floor, ceiling, ship, or aircraft.

The crew climbed down through a hatch into the lower deck.
3

verb
To secretly create a plan.

They hatched a plan to surprise her on her birthday.
4

noun
A small opening in a wall used for passing food or items through.

The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.

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Forms hatchedhatches

Derived forms after-hatchbooby-hatchhatchabilityhatchablehatchbackhatchboathatcherhatcheryhatchlesshatchlikehatchlinghatchman

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escape hatch
an opening with a cover that provides a way out in an emergency

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batten down the hatches
to prepare yourself and your resources for an approaching difficult situation

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don't count your chickens before they hatch
used to warn someone not to assume success before it actually happens

Etymology

From Middle French hacher (“to chop, slice up, incise with fine lines”), from Old French hacher, hachier, from Frankish *hakōn, *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”). More at hack.

hacher Middle French *hakōn frk *hakkōną Proto-Germanic

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# hatch

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /hæt͡ʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 5941

## Meanings
1. To come out of an egg.
2. A small door or opening in a floor, ceiling, ship, or aircraft.
3. To secretly create a plan.
4. A small opening in a wall used for passing food or items through.

## Examples
- The chicks hatched early one spring morning.
- The crew climbed down through a hatch into the lower deck.
- They hatched a plan to surprise her on her birthday.
- The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.

## Derived Forms
- after-hatch
- booby-hatch
- hatchability
- hatchable
- hatchback
- hatchboat
- hatcher
- hatchery
- hatchless
- hatchlike
- hatchling
- hatchman

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hacher
- Root: *hakōn
- Root: *hakkōną

## Etymology
From Middle French hacher (“to chop, slice up, incise with fine lines”), from Old French hacher, hachier, from Frankish *hakōn, *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”). More at hack.

## AI Etymology
Hatch comes from Middle French hacher (“to chop, slice up, incise with fine lines”), from Old French hacher, hachier, from Frankish *hakōn, *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”). More at hack. In current use, the main senses are “To come out of an egg” and “A small door or opening in a floor, ceiling, ship, or aircraft”.

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