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hutch

noun

1
a
: a chest or compartment for storage
b
: a cupboard usually surmounted by open shelves
2
: a pen or coop for an animal
3

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  • hutch 1b

Examples of hutch in a Sentence

the campers slept in a hutch near the riverbank keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room
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Serving the Meal on Your Fine China The plates holding court in your antique hutch would love to see action every once in a while. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 May 2025 This 71-inch hutch cabinet, made in a farmhouse style, gives you two huge spaces to work with. Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025 There are six closets, plus a pantry and a pair of dinette hutches to flaunt your fragile tchotchkes, so kiss any monthly storage fees good-bye. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2025 My standard ocean-view room was a generous 500 square feet and furnished with a four-poster king bed, a three-seat sectional sofa, a writing desk, ample closet space for two, and a glass hutch that held a Nespresso coffee maker, art books, and assorted figurines. Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hutch

Word History

Etymology

Middle English huche, from Anglo-French

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of hutch was in the 13th century

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“Hutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hutch. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

hutch

noun
1
a
: a chest or compartment for storage
b
: a low cupboard topped by usually open shelves
2
: a pen or coop for an animal
3

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