kennel
1 of 3noun (1)
ken·nel ˈke-nᵊl 
1
a
: a shelter for a dog or cat
b
: an establishment for the breeding or boarding of dogs or cats
2
: a pack of dogs
kennel
2 of 3verb
kenneled or kennelled; kenneling or kennelling
transitive verb
: to put or keep in or as if in a kennel
intransitive verb
: to take shelter in or as if in a kennel
kennel
3 of 3noun (2)
: a gutter in a street
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English kenel, from Anglo-French *kenil, from Vulgar Latin *canile, from Latin canis dog — more at hound
Noun (2)
alteration of cannel gutter
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1552, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
kennel
noun
ken·nel ˈke-nᵊl
1
: a shelter for a dog
2
: a place where dogs or cats are bred or housed
kennels
noun
1
as in cages
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cages
- pens
- corrals
- runs
- pounds
- stockades
- coops
- henhouses
- hutches
- kraals
- pigpens
- dovecotes
- cotes
- sheepfolds
- aquariums
- fences
- dovecots
- folds
- aquaria
- terrariums
- terraria
- live-boxes
2
as in trenches
Synonyms & Similar Words
- trenches
- ditches
- culverts
- gutters
- fosses
- troughs
- gullies
- dikes
- ravines
- gulleys
- sheughs
- drains
- moats
- acequias
- stanks
- sunk fences
- drills
- furrows
- draws
- ha-has
