hatch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
2. 2
   noun A trapdoor.
3. 3
   noun An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
4. 4
   noun A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
5. 5
   noun An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
6. 6
   noun A gullet.
7. 7
   noun A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
8. 8
   noun A floodgate; a sluice gate.
9. 9
   noun A bedstead.
10. 10
    noun An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
11. 11
    verb To close with a hatch or hatches.