Hutch Definition
hŭch
hutches
noun
hutches
A bin, chest, or box for storage.
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A cabinet with open shelves, designed to rest upon a low cupboard, dresser, etc.
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A pen or coop for small animals.
A rabbit hutch.
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A hut.
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A mining trough for washing ore.
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verb
hutches
To store or put in or as in a hutch.
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Other Word Forms of Hutch
Noun
Singular:
hutch
Plural:
hutchesOrigin of Hutch
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Middle English hucche (“storage chest”), variation of Middle English whucce from Old English hwicce, hwice "box, chest". Spelling influenced by Old French huche (“chest”), from Medieval Latin hūtica, from a different Germanic root, from Frankish *hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudjā-, *hudjan- (“box, hut, hutch”). Akin to Old English hȳdan "to conceal, hide". More at hide
From Wiktionary
Middle English huche chest from Old French from Medieval Latin hūtica possibly of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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