kennel
kennel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.
- 4.To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange.
- 5.To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bisulcate
- bisulcous
- bite
- canaliculated
- chamfer
- channel
- corduroy
- costate
- crack
- cradle
- dike
- ditch
- dyke
- engrave
- etch
- flute
- fluted
- fluting
- fosse
- furrow
- groove
- gutter
- hole
- incise
- incision
- interval
- moat
- plow
- ravine
- ribbed
- road
- rut
- score
- scratch
- slit
- streak
- striated
- sulcated
- sulcus
- trench
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is kennel.
- What is 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 called?
- What is a pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. Shak called?
- What is the hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt called?
- What is to lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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