Hatches Meaning in English
word · lemma: hatch
التعريف
Plural of 'hatch'. Can mean small doors or openings on a vehicle, ship, or aircraft, or the process where eggs break open and baby animals come out.
الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة
In technical contexts, 'hatches' usually refers to doors or panels—most often on ships or planes. In biology, 'hatches' describes young animals emerging from eggs. Common collocations: 'open the hatches', 'bird hatches'. Do not confuse with 'matches'.
جمل نموذجية
The pilot checked all the hatches before takeoff.
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The baby turtles hatch from their eggs in the sand.
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The eggs finally hatch, and the chicks start making noise right away.
natural
Heavy rain sometimes gets in if the hatches aren’t closed tightly.
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Some ships have several hatches for loading cargo.
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We had to crawl through two small hatches to reach the engine room.
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