HATCHWAY

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hatchway mean? 

• HATCHWAY (noun)
  The noun HATCHWAY has 1 sense:

1. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

  Familiarity information: HATCHWAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HATCHWAY (noun)

Meaning:

An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hatchway; scuttle; opening

Hypernyms ("hatchway" is a kind of...):

entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))

Meronyms (parts of "hatchway"):

hatch (a movable barrier covering a hatchway)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hatchway"):

escape hatch (hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency)