kennels

Noun (1)

kennel (plural kennels)

1. A house or shelter for a dog.
   • – We want to look at the dog kennels.
     – That's the pet department, second floor.

   Synonyms:

   doghouse

2. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
   • The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.

   Synonyms:

   pound, shelter

   1. (UK, collective) The dogs kept at a dog-boarding facility; a pack of hounds.
      • A little herd of England's timorous deer, / Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs!1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act 4, scene 2
3. The hole of a fox or other animal.

   Synonyms:

   burrow, den

Noun (2)

kennel (plural kennels)

1. (obsolete) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
   • Ay, kennel, puddle, sink, whose filth and dirt / Troubles the silver spring where England drinks […].1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

   Synonyms:

   trough

2. (obsolete) A puddle.

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