different between bach vs hutch

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bæt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bat?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /b?t?/
• Rhymes: -æt?
• Homophone: batch

Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

Synonyms

• crib (New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

• BHCA

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *b?x, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little, short

2. not fully-grown or developed, young
3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
4. small (of business, etc.)
5. lowercase (of letter)

Derived terms

• to bach (“circumflex”)
• t? bach (“toilet, loo”)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m or f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

Derived terms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Middle English hucche (“storage chest”), variation of whucce, from Old English hwi?e, hwi??e (“box, chest”). Spelling influenced by Old French huche (“chest”), from Medieval Latin h?tica, from a different Germanic root, from Frankish *hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudj?, *hudj? (“box, hut, hutch”). Akin to Old English h?dan (“to conceal; hide”). More at hide, hut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

hutch (plural hutches)

1. A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
2. A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).
3. A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
4. A cabinet for storing dishes.
5. A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.
6. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
7. (mining) The case of a flour bolt.
8. (mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
9. (mining) A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
10. A baker's kneading-trough.

Translations

Verb

hutch (third-person singular simple present hutches, present participle hutching, simple past and past participle hutched)

1. (transitive) To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
2. (mining, transitive) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
3. (intransitive) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin

     And the mind was very disinclined to hutch out of the crevice and face what must be done. […] He hauled himself out of the crevice and the air was warm so that he undressed to trousers and sweater. […] He hutched himself back against a rock with his legs sprawled apart.