HUTCH
What does "HUTCH" mean?
A cage or pen, usually of wood and wire, for keeping small animals like rabbits.
Meanings
- A boxlike enclosure for housing small domestic animals. The rabbits dozed in the hutch at the bottom of the garden.
- A cupboard or set of shelves, often with an open upper section for dishes. Grandmother kept the good china in the oak hutch.
Word origin
From Old French 'huche' (a chest or storage bin), from Medieval Latin 'hutica'; English first used it for a storage chest, then for an animal pen and a dish cupboard.
Remember it
Picture a rabbit clutching the wire of its hutch - HUTCH and 'clutch' rhyme, and both hold something snug.
A little poem
Wire, straw, a low door -
the rabbit's whole geography
fits in one small box.
haiku
Wordplay
- We keep the rabbit in a hutch and the plates in a hutch. The rabbit thinks it's been promoted to fine dining.
What it teaches
The same four walls can be a cage or a cupboard - what matters is whether what is kept inside chose to be there.
Quick facts
What does HUTCH mean?
A cage or pen, usually of wood and wire, for keeping small animals like rabbits.
Is HUTCH a valid word?
Yes — HUTCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HUTCH?
HUTCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does HUTCH come from?
From Old French 'huche' (a chest or storage bin), from Medieval Latin 'hutica'; English first used it for a storage chest, then for an animal pen and a dish cupboard.
What can HUTCH teach us?
The same four walls can be a cage or a cupboard - what matters is whether what is kept inside chose to be there.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.