hutch

[huhch]

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.

hutch

/ 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

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hutch¹

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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of hutch¹

C14 hucche, from Old French huche, from Medieval Latin hutica, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

“I’ve had this since my kids were little, and you can see all the markings,” she said of the hutch in the corner of her dining room.

From Los Angeles Times

Misting systems will be used to minimise dust after the demolition but residents are advised to shut windows, keep pets indoors and cover fish ponds and rabbit hutches.

From BBC

I got the Sellers Hoosier, a wooden hutch with a built-in tin flour bin and a metal bread kneading shelf, now more than 100 years old, that my great-grandmother used to bake on.

From Los Angeles Times

“I want the hutch to look balanced, so I try to display things in ways that are appealing to the eye, with similar colors in similar areas,” Westby says.

From Seattle Times

Does anyone think it odd to be sitting on a modern sofa while listening to a turntable housed in a 19th century hutch?

From Los Angeles Times