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rattery

Syllables: rat·te·ry/ɹætəɹi/

rattery noun: a place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding.

Noun

rattery (countable and uncountable, plural ratteries)

  1. (countable) A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) apostasy; traitorousness
    • June 22, 1822, Sydney Smith, letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq.
      the rattery and scoundrelism of public life

Proper noun capitalized: Rattery

Rattery

  1. A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7461).

Forms of rattery

pluralratteries

Origin of rattery

From rat + -ery.

Words that rhyme with rattery

Questions about rattery

What does rattery mean?
Rattery means a place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding.
What part of speech is rattery?
Rattery can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rattery?
Rattery is pronounced /ɹætəɹi/.
What is the plural of rattery?
The plural of rattery is ratteries.

Words near rattery in the dictionary

  1. ratter
  2. ratteries
  3. Ratterree
  4. Ratterrees
  5. ratters
  6. rattery
  7. rattes
  8. ratti
  9. ratticide
  10. ratticides
  11. rattick

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