noun
hutch
HUCH/hʌtʃ/
A cabinet with shelves above a lower storage section.
She displays her favorite plates on the shelves of the wooden hutch.
Etymology
Hutica meant a chest, and English hutch likewise first named a storage chest. Its later use for a cupboard holding food or dishes connects that storage function to today's cabinet; hutica's own origin is uncertain.
In context
And it almost has the effect of furniture and like a hutch
in the back of the hutch pieces to make room for the back panels.
More examples
- The lower doors of the hutch held table linens.
- We moved the hutch into the dining room.
- Two glass-fronted hutches stood against the wall.
Forms
hutch · hutches
Similar words
- sideboard
- Usually a lower dining-room cabinet without an upper shelving section.
- cupboard
- A cupboard need not sit above a lower cabinet or display dishes.