Coop vs. Hutch — What's the Difference?

A cage or pen in which poultry are kept.

A pen or coop for small animals, especially rabbits.

Confine in a small space

A cupboard with drawers for storage and usually open or glass-fronted shelves on top, often used for dishes.

Put or keep (poultry) in a cage or pen

A chest or bin for storage.

A small enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.

A hut.

A cramped or uncomfortably confined space.

A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.

(Slang) A jail or prison.

A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).

To confine or keep (poultry, for example) in a coop.

A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.

To confine in a small or cramped space. Often used with up

A cabinet for storing dishes.

A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.

A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.

A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.

A measure of two Winchester bushels.

A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.

(mining) The case of a flour bolt.

(obsolete) A barrel or cask for holding liquids.

(mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.

A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.

(mining) A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.

A cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.

A baker's kneading-trough.

(Scotland) A small heap.

(transitive) To hoard or lay up, in a chest.

Alternative form of co-op.

To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

(transitive) To keep in a coop.

(ambiintransitive) To move with a jerk; to hitch.

(transitive) To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.

To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.

To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.

To hoard or lay up, in a chest.

Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.

To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.

A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.

A barrel or cask for liquor.

A measure of two Winchester bushels.

An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

The case of a flour bolt.

A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.

A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.

To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; - usually followed by up, sometimes by in.

A cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals

To work upon in the manner of a cooper.

Small crude shelter used as a dwelling

A farm building for housing poultry

An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept