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chickenhouse

chickenhouse noun: synonym of chicken coop.

Noun

chickenhouse (plural chickenhouses)

  1. Synonym of chicken coop.
    • [H]e might catch that dirty big black retriever in his chicken-house, red-legged, with blood in its teeth and henshit in its tail.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 119
    Synonyms:
    chicken coop

Synonyms of chickenhouse

Forms of chickenhouse

pluralchickenhouses
alternative formchicken house
alternative formchicken-house

Origin of chickenhouse

From chicken + house.

Questions about chickenhouse

What does chickenhouse mean?
Chickenhouse means synonym of chicken coop.
What part of speech is chickenhouse?
Chickenhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of chickenhouse?
The plural of chickenhouse is chickenhouses.

Words near chickenhouse in the dictionary

  1. chickenheads
  2. chickenhearted
  3. chickenheartedly
  4. chickenheartedness
  5. chickenhood
  6. chickenhouse
  7. chickenhouses
  8. chickenier
  9. chickeniest
  10. chickening
  11. chickening out

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