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dovecot

dovecot is the alternative spelling of dovecote.

Meaning of dovecote

Noun

dovecote (plural dovecotes)

  1. A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
    • If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.

Proper noun capitalized: Dovecot

Dovecot

  1. An eastern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4191).

Forms of dovecot

pluraldovecots

Phrases with dovecot

Questions about dovecot

What does dovecot mean?
Dovecot means an eastern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4191).
What is dovecot the alternative spelling of?
Dovecot is the alternative spelling of dovecote.
What part of speech is dovecot?
Dovecot is a proper noun.

Words near dovecot in the dictionary

  1. dove-like
  2. dove-tail
  3. dove-tailed
  4. dove-tailing
  5. dove-tails
  6. dovecot
  7. dovecote
  8. dovecotes
  9. dovecots
  10. Dovedale
  11. dovehouse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dovecot (page history and authors); Dovecot (page history and authors); dovecote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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