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chookyard

chookyard noun: a chicken run.

Noun

chookyard (plural chookyards)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A chicken run.
    • The chooks ran free in the paddock behind the chookyard, where the house cow also grazed.2002, Susan Hawthorne, Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation, Bio/diversity, →ISBN, page 177
    • I walked over to the chookyard, where my dad's voice had come from.2013, Yasar Duyal -, Paper Clips, →ISBN, page 141

Forms of chookyard

pluralchookyards

Origin of chookyard

From chook + yard.

Questions about chookyard

What does chookyard mean?
Chookyard means a chicken run.
What part of speech is chookyard?
Chookyard is a noun.
What is the plural of chookyard?
The plural of chookyard is chookyards.

Words near chookyard in the dictionary

  1. chookie
  2. chookies
  3. chookish
  4. chooks
  5. chooky
  6. chookyard
  7. chookyards
  8. choola
  9. choolas
  10. Choolia
  11. Chooliah

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