Hatch

Hatch may refer to:

• Hatch (surname)
• Hatching, also called "cross-hatching", an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects using closely spaced parallel lines
• Hatching, the emergence of a young animal from an egg
• A trapdoor, also called a hatch, a door on a floor or ceiling
• A sluice gate
• Hatchback, an automobile design
• Hatch Ltd, an engineering and development consulting company based in Mississauga, Canada

Places:

• Hatch, Bedfordshire, a hamlet in Bedfordshire, England
• Hatch, New Mexico, a village in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
• Hatch, Utah, a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States
• Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant, in the U.S. state of Georgia

Legislation:

• The Hatch Act of 1887, United States legislation which authorized federal funding for agricultural experiment stations
• The Hatch Act of 1939, United States legislation which prohibited civil servants from engaging in partisan political activity

Entertainment:

• The Hatch is the third DHARMA Initiative station in the television show Lost
• Hatch, a bug-like villain from the TV show Hot Wheels Battle Force 5