different between compartment vs hutch

English

Etymology

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?part?ment

Noun

compartment (plural compartments)

1. A room, or section, or chamber

   Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
5. (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Derived terms

• engine compartment

Translations

Verb

compartment (third-person singular simple present compartments, present participle compartmenting, simple past and past participle compartmented)

1. (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.

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.