hatchback

[hach-bak]

noun

1. a style of automobile in which the rear deck lid and window lift open as a unit.

hatchback

/ ˈhætʃˌbæk /

noun

1. 1. a sloping rear end of a car having a single door that is lifted to open

   2. ( as modifier )

      a hatchback model

2. a car having such a rear end

Word History and Origins

Origin of hatchback¹

First recorded in 1965–70; hatch ² + back ¹

Example Sentences

For years its Focus model was the UK's most-popular, but the US company axed the hatchback and the last Ford Focus rolled off factory lines in Germany last week.

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Why shouldn’t their town square prioritize strolling couples and amateur oil painters and kids tossing softballs over parking meters and hatchbacks?

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It is a sunny spring afternoon in Warwickshire and I'm parked up in a nondescript hatchback with my cameraman, poised to meet a drug dealer.

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She was only trying to escape her abusive husband when she hit the road in 2020 in her white Volkswagen hatchback with a rooftop tent and her pension.

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For years, American drivers have been gravitating toward sport utility vehicles and away from sedans, compacts and hatchbacks.

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