hutch
Americannoun
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a pen or enclosed coop for small animals.
rabbit hutch.
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a chest, cupboard, bin, etc., for storage.
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any of various chestlike cabinets, raised on legs and having doors or drawers in front, sometimes with open shelves above.
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a small cottage, hut, or cabin.
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a baker's kneading trough.
noun
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a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for small animals
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informal a small house
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a cart for carrying ore
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a trough, esp one used for kneading dough or (in mining) for washing ore
verb
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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)
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An assortment of vintage items on display in a hutch the couple purchased at the Santa Monica Flea Market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
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
He sat quiet for a little, nibbling a patch of bran spilled on the boards outside the hutch.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
A low table surrounded by hutches full of antique Japanese tea sets and rice bowls is set for lunch, but only with sampuru, the lifelike models of food often used by Japanese restaurants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
That includes dropping off pet food or hutches to homes, and paying to have animals spayed or neutered.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2022
Barracks were called rabbit hutches in reports at the time.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Green wallpaper with floral patterns cover the walls of the formal dining room, where china is displayed in antique hutches and still-life paintings of fruit rest on wood trim.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2020
Like the hens, the rabbits spend part of their time in portable rabbit hutches in the pastures.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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