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Noun: escape hatch  e'skeyp hach
  1. Hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency

Derived forms: escape hatches

Type of: hatch, hatchway, opening, scuttle

Part of: aeroplane [Brit], airplane [N. Amer], pigboat, plane, sub [informal], submarine

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