hutch

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hutch, v. t. & i. 

 To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.  [1913 Webster]
"The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown."  [1913 Webster]

hutch, n. [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.].

•  A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.  [1913 Webster]
•  A measure of two Winchester bushels.  [1913 Webster]
•  The case of a flour bolt.  [1913 Webster]
•  A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.  [1913 Webster]

Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc.

hutch, v. t. 

•  To hoard or lay up, in a chest.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  To wash (ore) in a box or jig.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hutch, n.
1 a box or cage, usu. with a wire mesh front, for keeping small pet animals.
2 derog. a small house.

Etymology

ME, = coffer, f. OF huche f. med.L hutica, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

hutch

Nissen hut, Quonset hut, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, booth, box, bundle away, bunker, buttery, cache, cargo dock, cellar, chest, closet, coffer, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard, deposit, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, file, gatehouse, glory hole, godown, hold, hut, kiosk, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, lean-to, library, locker, lodge, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, outbuilding, outhouse, pack away, pavilion, put away, rack, repertory, reposit, repository, reservoir, rick, salt away, salt down, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, shelf, stack, stack room, stall, stash, stock room, storage, store, store away, storehouse, storeroom, stow, stow away, stow down, supply base, supply depot, tank, tollbooth, tollhouse, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar

ROGET THESAURUS

hutch

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.