Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 9 compound words that contain hatches. The most common are listed below. Open hatches in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- batten down the hatchesTo prepare for trouble.
- baby hatchesplural of baby hatch: A place where a person (typically the mother) can bring a baby to abandon it so that somebody else can find and care for it.
- hot hatchesplural of hot hatch: A high-performance hatchback small motor car.
- after-hatchesplural of after-hatch: A hatch located towards the aft of a vessel.
- cross-hatchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross-hatch: A pattern of crossing lines.
- escape hatchesplural of escape hatch: An emergency exit in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, or similar structure.
- hatches outthird-person singular simple present indicative of hatch out: To hatch from an egg.
- hatches upthird-person singular simple present indicative of hatch up: Synonym of hatch (“devise (an idea)”).
- serving hatchesplural of serving hatch: an opening, usually in a wall, through which food can be passed
- under hatchesConfined below in a vessel.
- warm hatchesplural of warm hatch: A car that is a junior version of a hot hatch, offering moderately high performance without sacrificing practicality.
- booby hatchesplural of booby hatch: A small hatchway in the deck of a ship.
- battens down the hatchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of batten down the hatches: To prepare for trouble.
- battened down the hatchessimple past and past participle of batten down the hatches
- battening down the hatchespresent participle and gerund of batten down the hatches
Compound words 9
- nuthatchesplural of nuthatch: Any of various small passerine birds from the genus Sitta, found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.
- bethatchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of bethatch: To cover with thatch; to thatch.
- crosshatchesplural of crosshatch: A pattern of crossing lines.
- dethatchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of dethatch: To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
- forehatchesplural of forehatch: A hatch in a fore position, typically near the foremast.
- quickhatchesplural of quickhatch: The wolverine.
- rethatchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of rethatch: To thatch again, especially something that has previously been thatched.
- unthatchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of unthatch: To remove the thatch from.
- stonehatchesplural of stonehatch: The ringed plover.