Hatchway

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A passage or an opening leading to a hold, compartment, or cellar.
  • n. A ladder or stairway within a hatchway.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A square or oblong opening in the deck of a ship, affording a passage from one deck to another, or into the hold or lower apartments. See hatch, n., 3.
  • n. The opening of any trapdoor, as in a floor, ceiling, or roof.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    entry    entranceway    entrée    entrance    entryway   
    Hyponym
    escape hatch   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    doorwa   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    companionway    viewport    airlock    hatch    stairwell   
     
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