kennel.
A house or shelter for a dog.
Meaning & usage
A house or shelter for a dog.
– We want to look at the dog kennels. – That's the pet department, second floor.
A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.
She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.
A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded. The dogs kept at a dog-boarding facility; a pack of hounds.
The hole of a fox or other animal.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *ḱwṓ From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.
To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *ḱwṓ From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.
The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
A puddle.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Cognate with English channel, canal.
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