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noun
1.
a pen or enclosed coop for small animals: rabbit hutch.
2.
a chest, cupboard, bin, etc., for storage.
3.
any of various chestlike cabinets, raised on legs and having doors or drawers in front, sometimes with open shelves above.
4.
a small cottage, hut, or cabin.
5.
a baker's kneading trough.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English hucche, variant of whucce, Old English hwicce chest; not akin to Old French huge, huche (ch form apparently by contamination with English word)
1275–1325; Middle English hucche, variant of whucce, Old English hwicce chest; not akin to Old French huge, huche (ch form apparently by contamination with English word)
Synonyms
1. cage, enclosure, cote.
1. cage, enclosure, cote.
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World English Dictionary
hutch (hʌtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for small animals |
| 2. | informal, derogatory a small house |
| 3. | a cart for carrying ore |
| 4. | a trough, esp one used for kneading dough or (in mining) for washing ore |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to store or keep in or as if in a hutch |
| [C14 hucche, from Old French huche, from Medieval Latin hutica, of obscure origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
hutch
c.1300, "storage chest" (also applied to the biblical "ark of God"), from O.Fr. huche, from M.L. hutica "chest," of uncertain origin. Sense of "cupboard for food or dishes" first recorded 1671; that of "box-like pen for an animal" is from 1607.
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Example sentences
Enter the hutch only when the shutter is closed after pressing the door switch on the generator.
These two workstations are moved to whichever hutch is currently using the detector.
Update an antique hutch or built-in buffet with a fresh coat of paint and a pretty fabric skirt.
The claimant placed the doses of medication in a hutch in the living room area of her brother's residence.
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