Meaning of Hutch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name.
2. A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
3. A surname.
4. A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).
5. A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
6. A cabinet for storing dishes.
7. A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.
8. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
9. The case of a flour bolt.
10. A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
11. A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
12. A baker's kneading-trough.
13. The pavilion or dressing room.
    slang
14. An embankment built in a river to check erosion caused by running water.

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Examples

““No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.””

“To reach the courtroom, on the second floor, one passed sundry sunless county cubbyholes: the tax assessor,... the circuit clerk, the judge of probate lived in cool dim hutches that smelled[…]”

“In 1880, Punch commented that the London & South Western Railway directors must have been keen rabbit fanciers, "for the number of hutches scattered over their 'system' is enormous". Yet, "these hutches are not for rabbits, but for humans, and they are technically known as 'Country Stations'".”

“There were deep pools in the river, known as hutch pools because they are formed by hutches - breakwaters - built out from the bank.”

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