hutch

Meanings

Plural: hutches

Noun

a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).
A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
A cabinet for storing dishes.
A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.
A measure of two Winchester bushels.
The case of a flour bolt.
A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
A baker's kneading-trough.
The pavilion or dressing room.
An embankment built in a river to check erosion caused by running water.

Verb

To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
To move with a jerk; to hitch.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hucche (“storage chest”), variation of whucce, from Old English hwiċe, hwiċċe (“box, chest”). Spelling influenced by Old French huche (“chest”), from Medieval Latin hūtica, from a different Germanic root, from Frankish *hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudjō, *hudjǭ (“box, hut, hutch”). Akin to Old English hȳdan (“to conceal; hide”). More at hide, hut.
(cricket pavilion or dressing room): An extension of the rabbit metaphor.

Synonyms

hovel, hut, shack, shanty

Scrabble Score: 13

hutch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hutch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hutch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

hutch is a valid Words With Friends word