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chicken coop

chicken coop noun: a building, often wooden with wire netting, in which a small number of poultry are kept.

chicken coop: a building, often wooden with wire netting, in which a small number of poultry are kept
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Noun

chicken coop (plural chicken coops)

  1. A building, often wooden with wire netting, in which a small number of poultry are kept.
    Synonyms:
    chickenhouse
  2. (slang) A weigh station.
    • There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps
      And rigs of every size.
      Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears
      And choppers filled the skies.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall

Synonyms of chicken coop

Forms of chicken coop

pluralchicken coops
alternative formchickencoop

Origin of chicken coop

From chicken + coop.

Questions about chicken coop

What does chicken coop mean?
Chicken coop means a building, often wooden with wire netting, in which a small number of poultry are kept.
What part of speech is chicken coop?
Chicken coop is a noun.
What is the plural of chicken coop?
The plural of chicken coop is chicken coops.

Words near chicken coop in the dictionary

  1. chicken cannon
  2. chicken cannons
  3. chicken cholera
  4. chicken colonel
  5. chicken colonels
  6. chicken coop
  7. chicken coops
  8. chicken cordon bleu
  9. chicken cutlet
  10. chicken cutlet Kiev-style
  11. chicken cutlet Kyiv-style

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