Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hatcher

/hˈætʃɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: hatch-er
IPA: /hˈætʃɚ/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who hatches, such as a chicken farmer.

noun

Something that hatches, such as a bird or the egg from which it hatches.

name

name

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Example Sentences

"I bought some chicks from a commercial hatcher."
"Incubators must be carefully monitored so that hatchers and nonhatchers may both be further handled promptly."
"Under these conditions the late-hatching strategy quickly went extinct, usually within 10 years. With no difference in survivorship between hatching early and late, the early hatchers that survive each produce 20 offspring […]"

Etymology

From hatch + -er.

Inflected Forms

hatchers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hatchery

Synonyms

hatchling

Rhymes With

thatcher stature dispatcher snatcher bratcher satcher katcher kachur

Questions

How do you pronounce hatcher?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈætʃɚ/.
What does hatcher mean?: One who hatches, such as a chicken farmer.
Where does hatcher come from?: From hatch + -er.

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