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kennel
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ken·nel 1  (knl)
n.
1. A shelter for a dog.
2. A pack of dogs, especially hounds. See Synonyms at flock1.
3. An establishment where dogs are bred, trained, or boarded.
4. The lair of a wild animal, such as a fox.
v. ken·neled or ken·nelled, ken·nel·ing or ken·nel·ling, ken·nels
v.tr.
To place or keep in or as if in a kennel.
v.intr.
To take cover or lie in or as if in a kennel.

[Middle English kenel, from Anglo-Norman *kenil, from Medieval Latin canle, from Latin canis, dog; see kwon- in Indo-European roots.]

ken·nel 2  (knl)
n.
A gutter along a street.

[Middle English cannel, from Old North French canel, channel, from Latin canlis; see canal.]

kennel1
n
1. a hutlike shelter for a dog US name doghouse
2. (usually plural) an establishment where dogs are bred, trained, boarded, etc.
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the lair of a fox or other animal
4. a ramshackle house; hovel
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a pack of hounds
vb -nels, -nelling, -nelled US, -nels -neling, -neled
to put or go into a kennel; keep or stay in a kennel
[from Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin canīle (unattested), from Latin canis dog]

kennel2
n
Archaic an open sewer or street gutter
[variant of cannel channel1]

Kennel a pack of hounds, dogs or other animals; Contemptuous, a set or class of persons. See also crew, gang.
Examples: kennel of atheists, 1649; of hounds, 1526; of leopards, 1641; lions, 1844; stock-jobbers, 1720; wolves, 1641.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.kennelkennel - outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
outbuilding - a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building
shelter - protective covering that provides protection from the weather
Verb1.kennel - put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"
shelter - provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"
Translations
kennel [ˈkenl] N
A. N (= doghouse) → caseta f de perro kennels (= dogs' home) → residencia f canina; (for breeding) → criadero m de perros
to put a dog in kennelsponer a un perro en una residencia canina or en una perrera
B. CPD kennel maid Nchica f que trabaja en una residencia canina

kennel [ˈkɛnəl]
nniche f kennels
nplchenil m

kennel
n
kennels (= cage)Hundezwinger m; (for breeding) → Hundezucht f; (boarding) → (Hunde)heim nt, → Tierheim nt; to put a dog in kennelseinen Hund in Pflege geben

kennel [ˈkɛnl] n
a. (dog house) → canile m
b. kennels npl or nsg (establishment, for boarding) → canile; (for breeding) → allevamento di cani
to put a dog in kennels → portare un cane al canile

kennel [ˈkɛnl] n
a. (dog house) → canile m
b. kennels npl or nsg (establishment, for boarding) → canile; (for breeding) → allevamento di cani
to put a dog in kennels → portare un cane al canile

kennel
n kennel [ˈkenl]
1 a type of small hut for a dog. hondehok بَيت صَغير للكِلاب кучешка колиба psí bouda hundehus die Hundehütte σπιτάκι για το σκύλο caseta de perro koerakuut لانه سگ koirankoppi niche מלונה कुत्ताघर kućica za pse kutyaól rumah anjing hundabyrgi (casotto con cuccia) 犬小屋 개집 šuns būda suņu būda rumah anjing hondehok hundehus (psia) buda casota coteţ pentru câine собачья конура psia búda pesjak kućica za pse hundkoja บ้านสุนัข köpek kulubesi 狗屋 буда کتّا گھر cũi chó
2 (usually in plural) a place where dogs can be looked after. dierehawe مأوى الكِلاب приют psinec kennel der Hundezwinger κυνοτροφείο, στέγη για σκύλους residencia canina koertekodu محل نگهداری سگها kennel chenil מַחֲנֵה-הֶסגֵר לִכלָבִים पशुओं का निवास स्थान, कुक्कुरशाला štenara kutyatenyészet pemeliharaan anjing hundahótel/-geymsla canile 犬舎 개 사육장 šunidė suņu novietne (īpašnieka prombūtnē) tempat pemeliharaan anjing kennel hundepensjonat, kennel psiarnia, hodowla psów canil adăpost pentru câini псарня útulok pre psov pesjak štenara, prihvatilište za pse kennel คอกสุนัข köpek bakım merkezi (常用複數形)養(訓)狗場,狗旅館 собачий розплідник کتّوں کی نسل کشی کا مرکز مع اقامت گاہ trại nuôi chó

kennel مَربَى الكلاب psí bouda hundehus Hundehütte σκυλόσπιτο caseta del perro, perrera kennel chenil štenara canile 犬小屋 개집 hondenhok kennel psiarnia canil конура kennel บ้านสุนัข köpek kulübesi chuồng chó 狗窝


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