kennel
IPA: kˈɛnʌɫ
noun
- A house or shelter for a dog.
- A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
- (UK, collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
- The hole of a fox or other animal.
- (obsolete) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
- (obsolete) A puddle.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
- (intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
- (transitive) To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
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Examples of "kennel" in Sentences
- Some of the violations described in kennel inspection reports include:
- Her kennel is her spot though and I believe that she does truly feel comfortable there.
- I used to think that wasn't right but vets say a properly sized kennel is actually comforting to the dog.
- I would have heard if there had been, for the stable door was open all the time and his kennel is right across from it! '
- Again, totally guilt-free for me, anyhow, although my wife makes me call the kennel every day we're gone to make sure they're doing all right.
- III. ii.89 (83,6) [Go -- to kennel, Pompey -- go] It should be remembered, that Pompey is the common name of a dog, to which allusion is made in the mention of a _kennel_.
- I called the kennel to get the doggy hotel squared away; in haste I reserved their kennel stay for the day of the surgery and the day Mr. Sleyed needs to get back to work, totally forgetting that we are leaving early so I don't have to do the day-before-surgery prep in the car.
- The word kennel developed so many negative associations and did not reflect the high-end services offered by boarding facilities that the American Boarding Kennel Association changed its name several years ago to the Pet Care Services Association, said Susan Briggs, a past president.
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