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hutch

[huhch]
–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; ME hucche, var. of whucce, OE hwicce chest; not akin to OF huge, huche (ch form appar. by contamination with English word)


1. cage, enclosure, cote.
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hutch   (hŭch)   
n.  
  1. A pen or coop for small animals, especially rabbits.

  2. A cupboard with drawers for storage and usually open shelves on top, often used for dishes.

  3. A chest or bin for storage.

  4. A hut.


[Middle English huche, chest, from Old French, from Medieval Latin hūtica, possibly of Germanic origin.]
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