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

A hutch is, essentially, an upward extension on the wall side of the desk.

From Popular-Science

For those who need additional storage, this L-shaped desk comes with a handy and adjustable hutch, plus drawers for any additional documents.

From Popular-Science

You can also look for an L-shaped desk that includes additional storage, such as drawers or a hutch.

From Popular-Science

If you’re looking for something that can clean every surface of your house—from the soap stains on your vanity to the grease marks on your hutch to the wrinkles in your sheets—you can’t go wrong with a handheld.

From Popular-Science

They have a large built-in hutch that’s full of office and school supplies.

From Washington Post

Hutch is an old word for chest or coffer, chiefly used now in the compound ‘rabbit-hutch.’

From Project Gutenberg

And I suppose they've got a rabbit hutch, and a monkey, and some white mice?

From Project Gutenberg

I sat by the hutch and studied the interesting group till I was so stiff with cold that I could hardly walk back to my tent.

From Project Gutenberg

There was her bow standing in a nook beside the hutch, and the quiver of arrows hanging on the wall above it.

From Project Gutenberg

At the foot of the latter stood the huge "hutch," or chest, in which were deposited for safety the family plate and valuables.

From Project Gutenberg