Kennel

Quick meaning: Kennel is a noun meaning A house or shelter for a dog.

Meaning

A house or shelter for a dog.

More Meanings

1. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
2. (UK, collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
3. The hole of a fox or other animal.
4. (transitive) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
5. (intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
6. (transitive) To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
7. The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.

Example Sentences

Truth's a dog must to kennel;

She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.

The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.

While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.

Word Forms

• kennels
• kenneling
• kennelling
• kenneled
• kennelled

Synonyms for kennel

Depending on context, synonyms include doghouse, pound, shelter, pack, burrow, den.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doghouse, livestock, ranching, husbandry, canine, cage.

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