hutch

American  

[huhch] / hʌtʃ /

noun

1. a pen or enclosed coop for small animals.

   rabbit hutch.

   Synonyms:

   cote, enclosure, cage

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.

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hutch British  

/ hʌtʃ /

noun

1. a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for small animals

2. informal a small house

3. a cart for carrying ore

4. a trough, esp one used for kneading dough or (in mining) for washing ore

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verb

1. (tr) to store or keep in or as if in a hutch

Etymology

Origin of hutch

1275–1325; Middle English hucche, variant of whucce, Old English hwicce chest; not akin to Old French huge, huche ( ch form apparently by contamination with English word)

Example Sentences

Jack paused, grabbed a pen and stationery from the kitchen hutch, went back to his seat at the table and began to write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

I came across exactly one ultra-rare single-zero roulette wheel on the Strip, which felt a little bit like uncovering the hutch of the last surviving dodo.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

On a cattle ranch just east of the lighthouse, William Nunes, 27, watched as the wind ripped a calf hutch from the ground and sent it flying into the air and over a hill.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Tim, an African spurred tortoise, moseys near the rabbit hutch.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

He knew at once what had hap-pened; a wooden hutch, its slats shattered, lay on its side in the wet grass.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin