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ESCAPE HATCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does escape hatch mean?
• ESCAPE HATCH (noun)
The noun ESCAPE HATCH has 1 sense:
1. hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency
Familiarity information: ESCAPE HATCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("escape hatch" is a kind of...):
hatchway; opening; scuttle (an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship)
Holonyms ("escape hatch" is a part of...):
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
pigboat; sub; submarine; U-boat (a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes)
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