Standard Lemma guide

hutch

name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /hʌt͡ʃ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌtʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A male given name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A cabinet for storing dishes.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A measure of two Winchester bushels.

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9

noun

Meaning 9

The case of a flour bolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

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11

noun

Meaning 11

A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.

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Topics: business, mining

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12

noun

Meaning 12

A baker's kneading-trough.

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13

noun

Meaning 13

The pavilion or dressing room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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14

noun

Meaning 14

An embankment built in a river to check erosion caused by running water.

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15

verb

Meaning 15

To hoard or lay up, in a chest.

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Usage: transitive

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16

verb

Meaning 16

To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

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Usage: transitive

Topics: business, mining

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17

verb

Meaning 17

To move with a jerk; to hitch.

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Usage: ambitransitive

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18

noun

Meaning 18

small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: hovel, hut, shack, shanty

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Broader terms: shelter

Narrower terms: igloo, iglu, mudhif

19

noun

Meaning 19

a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: cage, coop

Narrower terms: rabbit hutch

History

Etymology

From Middle English hucche (“storage chest”), variation of whucce, from Old English hwiċe, hwiċċe (“box, chest”). Spelling influenced by Old French huche (“chest”), from Medieval Latin hūtica, from a different Germanic root, from Frankish *hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudjō, *hudjǭ (“box, hut, hutch”). Akin to Old English hȳdan (“to conceal; hide”). More at hide, hut. (cricket pavilion or dressing room): An extension of the rabbit metaphor.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Kiste — box, chest, crate, case or cabinet
  • German: Kasten — box, chest, crate, case or cabinet
  • German: Box — box, chest, crate, case or cabinet
  • Bulgarian: клетка (kletka) — cage or coop for small animals
  • Catalan: conillera — cage or coop for small animals
  • Czech: kotec — cage or coop for small animals
  • Czech: králíkárna — cage or coop for small animals
  • Czech: klec — cage or coop for small animals
  • Finnish: kaninkoppi — cage or coop for small animals
  • French: clapier — cage or coop for small animals
  • German: Stall — cage or coop for small animals
  • German: Hasenstall — cage or coop for small animals
  • German: Kaninchenstall — cage or coop for small animals
  • German: Hundehütte — cage or coop for small animals
  • Ido: kabaneto — cage or coop for small animals
  • Ingrian: kroljcatnikka — cage or coop for small animals
  • Irish: púirín coinín — cage or coop for small animals
  • Italian: gabbia — cage or coop for small animals
  • Italian: conigliera — cage or coop for small animals
  • Manx: kishtey conning — cage or coop for small animals
  • Russian: кле́тка (klétka) — cage or coop for small animals
  • Scottish Gaelic: bothan-còmhnaidh — cage or coop for small animals
  • Spanish: conejera — cage or coop for small animals
  • Ukrainian: кроля́тник (kroljátnyk) — cage or coop for small animals
  • Welsh: cwt cwningen — cage or coop for small animals
  • German: Vitrine — furniture in which items are displayed
  • German: Geschirrschrank — cabinet for storing dishes
  • German: Anrichte — cabinet for storing dishes
  • German: Kredenz — cabinet for storing dishes
  • German: Aufsatz — cabinet to be placed on top of a desk
  • German: Schreibtischaufsatz — cabinet to be placed on top of a desk
  • Bulgarian: вагонетка (vagonetka) — (mining) A car on low wheels
  • German: Hunt — (mining) A car on low wheels
  • German: Hund — (mining) A car on low wheels
  • German: Grubenhunt — (mining) A car on low wheels
  • German: Förderwagen — (mining) A car on low wheels
  • German: Bergwerksfahrzeug — (mining) A car on low wheels
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