'Kennel' definitions:
Definition of 'kennel'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Kennel'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Kennel'
From: GCIDE
- Kennel \Ken"nel\, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. Canine.]
- 1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds. [1913 Webster]
- A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Kennel'
From: GCIDE
- Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kenneledor Kennelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kennelling.] To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. [1913 Webster]
- The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Kennel'
From: GCIDE
- Kennel \Ken"nel\, v. t. To put or keep in a kennel. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kennel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aqueduct,
- army,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blockade,
- bound,
- box in,
- bunch,
- cage,
- canal,
- canalization,
- cattery,
- chamber,
- channel,
- cloaca,
- cloaca maxima,
- close in,
- colony,
- compass,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corral,
- crimp,
- cut,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dog pound,
- doghouse,
- drain,
- drift,
- drive,
- drove,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- entrenchment,
- fence in,
- flock,
- fosse,
- gam,
- gang,
- goffer,
- gutter,
- ha-ha,
- headchute,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- herd,
- host,
- house in,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- jail,
- leaguer,
- litter,
- mew,
- mew up,
- moat,
- pack,
- pen,
- pen in,
- piscina,
- pleat,
- pocket,
- pod,
- pound,
- pride,
- quarantine,
- rail in,
- school,
- scupper,
- sewer,
- shoal,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- sink,
- skulk,
- sloth,
- sluice,
- sough,
- stable,
- sump,
- sunk fence,
- surround,
- trench,
- trip,
- troop,
- trough,
- wall in,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up