as in door
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened
watertight hatches provided access through the ship's bulkheads
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Recent Examples of hatch
Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
All around is the faint yellow haze of light, striking everything from the doily laced curtains of the kitchen serving hatch to the bedroom quilt.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
Kenny Torrella, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
Here's what to know as Fat Tuesday approaches Last year's eggs failed to hatch in time
Social media fans were devastated last year when Jackie and Shadow's eggs failed to hatch during the 35-day watching window.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Fernández is even investing in regional U.S. peppers after acquiring New Mexico’s famed hatch green chile brand Paulita’s in 2022.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
All around is the faint yellow haze of light, striking everything from the doily laced curtains of the kitchen serving hatch to the bedroom quilt.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
The egg industry hatches around 650 million birds annually, but because half of them — the males — can’t lay eggs, egg companies kill them the day they’re born.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
Here's what to know as Fat Tuesday approaches Last year's eggs failed to hatch in time
Social media fans were devastated last year when Jackie and Shadow's eggs failed to hatch during the 35-day watching window.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
Noun
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Some experts even suggest putting a gate on your child's door and locking it, but other experts advise against it due to fire safety considerations.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Breville got the nod here thanks to some of the extra little design features like the soft-close door.—
Meg St-Esprit,
Bon Appétit,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That already starts to spawn ideas, innovation, some productivity.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The series spawned a Mexico-set spinoff that aired from 2018 to 2021.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Two years ago, the Dallas Mavericks were fined $750,000 for sitting players in a game, but that had been in a rather clear effort to tank for a better draft pick.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Texas Longhorns Texas has been sitting on the bubble for quite a while.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Dressed in armor and a cape and coordinating headpiece fit for a Greek hero, Damon, 54, strikes an intimidating, brooding side-profile pose in the snapshot.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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On Tuesday, Lacob brooded in council with Dunleavy outside the Bridge Club in Chase Center.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The job of the innovation lab is to incubate new technology at businesses and then help scale.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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For a decade, beginning in 1978, employees of the Park Service’s Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery collected and incubated 22,507 eggs—10 to 20 nests of 100 or so eggs each per year—of which more than 17,300 hatched.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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