kennel
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- noun
- /ˈkɛnəl/
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canil
- The shelter has several dogs available for adoption, each housed in a separate kennel.
- a dog kennel
- lunge at the kennel
He knows that they have this tape recording of him at the kennels.
- He knows that they have this tape recording of him at the kennels.
- She's watching towards the kennel in the woods and this awful racket, right?
- She's just moping a bit because she's been in kennels and then like I say, one day she was being sick.
- They make they have dog kennels so people can learn to, you know, deal with animals.
Examples
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No, we put the dog in the kennel...
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We go around to the far side of the garage where the chain-link kennel is built against the wall.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's like if you had a kennel with dogs.
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I mean, the buildings here look like, uh, the kennel back home.
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Take them back to the kennel.
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I'll take him to the kennel.
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The dog would then be allowed to leave the kennel and be led to the outdoor yard to play.
Academic text (2005) -
Why does a person drive from Colorado to Louisiana to work in a dog kennel?
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And then there were two very overweight dachshunds in one kennel together.
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Ed's having a grand opening party for the kennel on Teddy's birthday.
Fiction book (1999)
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Etymology
Kennel comes from an old French word chenil that meant a place for dogs. That French word comes from the Latin canis meaning 'dog', the same root as canine. So a kennel is a small building or shelter for a dog.