kennel

«kennel» in Mova's school dictionary: A small hut or shelter for a dog to sleep in — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a kennel, kennels)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small hut or shelter for a dog to sleep in. tree →

2) Kennels (often plural, UK): a place where dogs are looked after while their owners are away, or where dogs are bred. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: the dog sleeps in a kennel in the garden; families put their dog in kennels during holidays. In stories, a dog guards its kennel. Phrases: put the dog in kennels, boarding kennels.

examples

• Our dog has a wooden kennel in the yard. tree →
• We left Rex at the kennels while we were on holiday. tree →
• The puppy curled up in its kennel. tree →
• The kennel needs a warm blanket for winter. tree →
• She works at a kennel that trains guide dogs. tree →
• If a kennel charges 20 dollars a night, 5 nights cost 100 dollars. tree →

note

Countable noun. In US English a doghouse is the hut, and "kennel" often means the boarding place or a crate. "The kennels" (UK) can be singular in meaning: "The kennels is near the farm."

In the corpora

• The letters of CHIEN can be rearranged into NICHE, and une niche is a dog's kennel.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kennel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.