About The Word Kennel

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Kennel

Kennel Meaning & Definition
Kennel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Kennel?

[n] outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
[v] put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Kennel: dog house | doghouse

Related Terms | Find terms related to Kennel: aqueduct | army | beleaguer | beset | besiege | blockade | bound | box in | bunch | cage | canal | canalization | cattery | chamber | channel | cloaca | cloaca maxima | close in | colony | compass | contain | coop | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | corral | crimp | cut | dike | ditch | dog pound | doghouse | drain | drift | drive | drove | encircle | enclose | encompass | enshrine | entrenchment | fence in | flock | fosse | gam | gang | goffer | gutter | ha-ha | headchute | hedge in | hem in | herd | host | house in | impound | imprison | incarcerate | include | jail | leaguer | litter | mew | mew up | moat | pack | pen | pen in | piscina | pleat | pocket | pod | pound | pride | quarantine | rail in | school | scupper | sewer | shoal | shrine | shut in | shut up | sink | skulk | sloth | sluice | sough | stable | sump | sunk fence | surround | trench | trip | troop | trough | wall in | wrap | yard | yard up

See Also | outbuilding | shelter

Kennel In Webster's Dictionary

\Ken"nel\, n. [See {Channel}, {Canal}.] The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. --Bp. Hall.
\Ken"nel\, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. {Canine}.] 1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds. A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. --Shak. 3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
\Ken"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kenneled}or {Kennelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kennelling}.] To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. --L'Estrange.
\Ken"nel\, v. t. To put or keep in a kennel. --Thomson.

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