cargo hatch
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈkɑrɡoʊ hætʃ/
:
escotilla de carga
- He nodded toward the Bugs by the cargo hatch.
- open a cargo hatch
- rear cargo hatch
Examples
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His crew shuts the cargo hatches, and he gives a pleased salute to Fouchet.
Fiction book (1995) -
The bugs aboard ship by the cargo hatch bristled, venom spines rising on their backs.
Fiction book (1998) -
No, no, it's the main cargo hatch.
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With that, Harvey leaps through the cargo hatch.
Fiction book (1995) -
A giant winch aboard the Blackhawk starts to haul the 51 safe chain over pulleys up into a cargo hatch.
Fiction book (1995) -
I was careful to avoid the altercation still going on around the rear cargo hatch and picked my way through coils of rope, objects which I assumed to be belaying pins, and tumbled piles of sail fabric to a quiet spot in the bow.
Fiction book (1992) -
The crew prepared to unload supplies by opening the cargo hatch of the ship.
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She peered into the cargo hatch to check if all the equipment had arrived safely.
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During the inspection, the technician discovered that the cargo hatch was malfunctioning.
Synonyms
140
3.7
A cover that closes an opening on a car or boat
3
3.7
A door on a truck, plane, or ship that lets people load and unload goods
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cargo' (goods carried) + 'hatch' (a cover/opening) yields a cover/opening providing access to the cargo area. This noun–noun compound follows a common and transparent English pattern and is likely obvious to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words and their literal senses.
Etymology
The phrase cargo hatch shows a simple picture: a hatch is a small door and cargo means the goods carried on a ship or plane. Because this small door opens into the cargo hold to load and unload, the phrase now means 'the hatch that gives access to the cargo area'.