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chookhouse

UK/ˈtʃʊkhaʊs/

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Australia/ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/

chookhouse noun: a henhouse or chicken coop.

Noun

chookhouse (plural chookhouses)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A henhouse or chicken coop.
    • The hens were my witness to the ghost. They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 178

Forms of chookhouse

pluralchookhouses

Origin of chookhouse

From chook + house.

Questions about chookhouse

What does chookhouse mean?
Chookhouse means a henhouse or chicken coop.
What part of speech is chookhouse?
Chookhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce chookhouse?
Chookhouse is pronounced /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/ (Australia).
What is the plural of chookhouse?
The plural of chookhouse is chookhouses.

Words near chookhouse in the dictionary

  1. chook-house
  2. chookas
  3. Chookaszian
  4. Chookaszians
  5. chookers
  6. chookhouse
  7. chookhouses
  8. chookie
  9. chookies
  10. chookish
  11. chooks

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