hatchback - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From hatch +‎ back.

hatchback (plural hatchbacks)

1. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.

   Synonym: hatchback car

   • 2007 July 21, Siobhan Ryan, “Hit and run driver kills cyclist”, in The Argus‎^[1]:

     The accident happened in Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, when the 26-year-old male victim was struck by a small dark hatchback.

   • 2023 November 5, Andrew Anthony, “Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     As I tentatively reverse, I have a sense of foreboding, unsure I’ll be able to control this overgrown mechanical beast. I am posing to the salesman as someone who is seeking maximum protection on the city roads, yet I suspect that I look very much like a man who usually drives a tiny hatchback.

2. The door itself.

• hot hatchback

• fastback
• notchback

• hatchback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ˈxat͡ʃbak/ [ˈxat͡ʃ.β̞ak]
• Rhymes: -atʃbak
• Syllabification: hatch‧back

hatchback m (plural hatchbacks)

1. hatchback