Hatch or The Hatch may refer to:

Common meanings

Biology

*Hatch, to emerge from an

egg An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...

*Hatch(ing), the process of

egg incubation Egg incubation is the process by which an egg, of oviparous (egg-laying) animals, develops an embryo within the egg, after the egg's formation and ovipositional release. Egg incubation is done under favorable environmental conditions, possi ...

Portals

*Hatch, a sealed or secure

door A door is a hinged or otherwise movable barrier that allows ingress (entry) into and egress (exit) from an enclosure. The created opening in the wall is a ''doorway'' or ''portal''. A door's essential and primary purpose is to provide security b ...

of a ship, submarine, aircraft, spacecraft, or automobile *Hatch, a

sluice Sluice ( ) is a word for a channel controlled at its head by a movable gate which is called a sluice gate. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway and can be considered ...

gate *Hatch, a

trapdoor A trapdoor is a sliding or hinged door in a floor or ceiling. It is traditionally small in size. It was invented to facilitate the hoisting of grain up through mills, however, its list of uses has grown over time. The trapdoor has played a pivot ...

, a door on a floor or ceiling

Places

Antarctica

Hatch Islands The Hatch Islands are a small group of rocky islands lying east of Ivanoff Head at the head of Vincennes Bay of Wilkes Land, Antarctica. The islands mark the division between Knox Coast and Budd Coast. They were named after Ernest B. Hatch, a tra ...

, Wilkes Land, Antarctica * Hatch Plain, Coats Land, Antarctica

Australia

*The Hatch, New South Wales, a suburb within

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Port Macquarie-Hastings Council is a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Hastings River, the Pacific Highway, the Oxley Highway and the North Coast railway lin ...

England

Hatch, Bedfordshire Hatch is a hamlet in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is located a little over a mile south-west of the market town of Sandy, and forms part of the Northill civil parish. Budna and Thorncote Green Thorncote Gre ...

, a hamlet *

Hatch Beauchamp Hatch Beauchamp is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 620. History The manor of "Hache" dates from Saxon times and beca ...

, Somerset *

Hatch Park Hatch Park is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Ashford in Kent. It is listed by Historic England on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. This site has species-rich acidic gra ...

, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent * East Hatch and

West Hatch West Hatch is a hamlet and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. It has a population of 306. History The name of the hamlet indicates it lies to the west of Hatch Beauchamp ...

, hamlets within the parish of West Tisbury, Wiltshire *

, hamlet and civil parish in Somerset

United States

* Hatch, Idaho, an unincorporated community * Hatch, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Hatch, New Mexico Hatch is a village in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,648 at the 2010 census. The town is experiencing moderate growth, along with its outliers of Salem, Arrey, Derry, and Rincon. Hatch is widely known as the ...

, a village *

Hatch, Utah Hatch is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census. It is south of Salt Lake City. History Hatch was originally called "Mammoth", and under the latter name was settled in 1872. A post office call ...

, a town *Hatch Airport, an airport in

Stayton, Oregon Stayton is a city in Marion County, Oregon, Marion County, Oregon, United States, located southeast of the state Capital (political), capital, Salem, Oregon, Salem, on Oregon Route 22. It is south of Sublimity, Oregon, Sublimity and east of Aumsv ...

People with the name

Hatch (surname) Hatch is a surname, and may refer to: * Annia Hatch (born 1978), Cuban-American gymnast, who competed at the 2004 Olympics * Ashley Hatch (born 1995), American soccer player * A. Gould Hatch (1896–1970), New York politician * Beatrice Hat ...

*Harrison

Hatch Rosdahl Harrison Lynn Rosdahl (August 24, 1941 – June 15, 2004) was an American football defensive lineman who played three seasons in the American Football League with the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs. He was drafted by the San Diego Charge ...

(1941–2004), American football player

Arts, entertainment, and media

*Hatch, a bug-like villain from the TV show ''

Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 ''Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5'' is a 3D CGI science fiction sports animated television series created by Mattel, Nelvana Limited, and Nerd Corps Entertainment, based on the Hot Wheels toy line by the American toy maker, Mattel which was introd ...

'' * The Hatch, the third DHARMA Initiative station in the television show ''Lost''

Other uses

Hatch chile New Mexico chile or New Mexican chile (Scientific name: ''Capsicum annuum'' 'New Mexico Group'; es, chile de Nuevo México, ) is a cultivar group of the chile pepper from the US state of New Mexico, first grown by Pueblo and Hispano communitie ...

, sub-cultivars of the New Mexico chile pepper cultivar group grown near Hatch, New Mexico *

Hatch (e-commerce company) Hatch is an Amsterdam-based ecommerce platform that was founded in July 2011 under the name Iceleads by serial entrepreneur Joris Kroese and founding partner Icecat as being part of the iMerge group that provided EUR 500,000 seed capital. The com ...

, an ecommerce platform based in Amsterdam *

Hatch Ltd Hatch is a global multidisciplinary management, engineering and development consultancy. Its group companies have more than 9,000 staff in 70+ offices. In 2015, Hatch was ranked as a top 20 International Design Firm according to the Engineering N ...

, an engineering and development consulting company based in Canada * ''Hatch''-class lifeboat, formerly operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland