hutch
hutch Lexical Profile
hutch Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A cage or enclosed coop with a wire mesh front, used for keeping small animals such as rabbits or guinea pigs.
"The children went out to the garden to feed the rabbits in their hutch."
North American A piece of furniture with open shelves or cabinets, typically resting on a lower sideboard or desk, used for displaying dishware or storing items.
"She carefully arranged her grandmother's fine china in the dining room hutch."
A small, modest wooden hut or cabin.
"The hermit lived in a dilapidated hutch at the edge of the dense forest."
• verb
To place, confine, or keep in a hutch.
"The farmer hutched the new litter of rabbits before the heavy rain began."
To wash or sort ore in a wooden box or jig (in historical or technical mining contexts).
"The miners hutched the crushed ore to separate the valuable minerals from the worthless rock."
• Rhymes for hutch
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'hucche', derived from Old French 'huche' (chest, trunk), likely originating from Medieval Latin 'hutica'.