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/ˈdʌvkɒt/ · noun
A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..
If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles.
she could see the malt-house with its dovecote
Use dovecote when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dovecote means A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..
Common synonyms include columbarium, doocot, dovehouse, pigeon loft.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles.
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