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Coop

Coop Meaning & Definition
Coop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coop?

[n] an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept
[n] a farm building for housing poultry

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coop: cage | chicken coop | hencoop | henhouse

Related Terms | Find terms related to Coop: arena | bar | beleaguer | beset | besiege | block | blockade | bottle up | bound | box in | box up | brooder | cage | calaboose | can | chamber | check | chicken house | chokey | cincture | clink | cloister | close | close in | compass | confine | constrain | contain | container | cooler | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | cork up | corral | court | courtyard | crib | curtilage | delimited field | detain | encage | encircle | enclave | enclose | enclosure | encompass | enshrine | envelop | fence | fence in | field | fold | ground | hedge in | hell | hem | hem in | hencote | henhouse | hennery | hinder | hold | hold in custody | hold in restraint | hoosegow | house in | immure | impede | impound | imprison | incarcerate | include | inhibit | jail | jug | keep in | keep in custody | keep in detention | kennel | leaguer | limbo | list | lockup | mew | mew up | obstruct | pale | paling | park | pen | pen in | pen up | penfold | pinfold | place of confinement | pocket | pokey | pound | prison | purgatory | quad | quadrangle | quarantine | quod | rail in | restrain | restrict | seal up | shackle | shrine | shut in | shut up | slammer | square | stable | stir | surround | theater | toft | wall | wall in | wrap | yard | yard up

See Also | birdcage | enclosure | farm building | hutch | squirrel cage

Coop In Webster's Dictionary

\Coop\ (k[=oo]p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See {Cup}, and cf. {Keeve}.] 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
\Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooping}.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] ``Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.'' --Holland. Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.

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