hutch
Americannoun
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hutches
plural
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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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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
The pieces fill a vintage Broyhill Brasilia hutch in her living room.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
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 ● Mar. 18, 2024
If it hadn’t been for Annabeth, I’d still be a rodent, hiding in a hutch with a bunch of cute furry pirates.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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 ● Mar. 22, 2025
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
Does the school permit hutches on top of desks, or provide them?
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 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
“No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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