Rookery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rookery is a noun meaning A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
Meaning
A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
More Meanings
- (by extension) A crowded tenement.
- (British, historical, by extension) A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.
- (military, slang, obsolete) That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns.
Example Sentences
There are six rookeries either side of Haddiscoe Island, which average 283 nests each.
The Flower and Dean St rookery had been home to many of those who lived at least partly by street crime.
These rookeries sustained criminal social systems that provided schooling in crime for the young and newcomers.
Lord John Roxton and I turned down Vigo Street together and through the dingy portals of the famous aristocratic rookery.
Word Forms
- rookeries
Synonyms for rookery
Depending on context, synonyms include slum.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rooklet, roost, parliament, rook, broodling, rooster.
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