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hatchway

[hach-way] / ˈhætʃˌweɪ /
NOUN
trap door
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It was nonetheless immortalized in Lightfoot’s lyrics: “At 7 p.m., a main hatchway caved in, he said, ‘Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.’

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2025

Gibbon nods and puts more of his strange marks on the wall by the hatchway.

From Nature ● Apr. 2, 2019

We entered frosty courts by a secret hatchway and waved wooden racquets in majestic arcs, a ceremony akin to polar explorers chiselling out ice caves.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016

One of the men, who was getting ready for a shower, ran up the hatchway and into the flame.

From Time Magazine Archive

At last she glimpsed a fair head emerging from the hatchway, almost hidden behind a vast load.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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