hutch

UK: /ˈhʌtʃ/ US: /hʌtʃ/ ,(huch)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

hutch /hʌtʃ/   n. [countable]

1. Agriculture a pen or enclosed coop for small animals:
   a rabbit hutch.
2. Furniture a chestlike cabinet with doors or drawers, usually with open shelves above.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

hutch  (huch), n. 

1. Agriculture a pen or enclosed coop for small animals:
   rabbit hutch.
2. Furniture a chest, cupboard, bin, etc., for storage.
3. Furniture any of various chestlike cabinets, raised on legs and having doors or drawers in front, sometimes with open shelves above.
4. a small cottage, hut, or cabin.
5. a baker's kneading trough.

• 1275–1325; Middle English hucche, variant of whucce, Old English hwicce chest; not akin to Old French huge, huche (ch form apparently by contamination with English word)

Synonyms

• 1. cage, enclosure, cote.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

hutch / hʌtʃ/ noun

1. a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for small animals
2. a small house
3. a cart for carrying ore

Etymology: 14th Century hucche, from Old French huche, from Medieval Latin hutica, of obscure origin